WRITTEN TEST QUESTIONS

1. Under the Maternity Benefit Act 1961, what is the minimum number of days a woman employee must
have worked under an employer in the twelve months preceding the date of expected delivery for
becoming eligible for maternity benefit?
(a) 90 days
(b) 80 days
(c) 180 days
(d) 240 days

2. Who among the following is NOT a dependent under the provisions of the Employees’ Compensation
Act 1923?
(a) A widower
(b) An adult widowed sister
(c) A parent other than a widowed mother
(d) A widowed daughter – in – law

3. Who among the following is the ex-officio Chairman of the Medical Benefit Council constituted under
the Employees’ Insurance Act 1948?
(a) The Director General, Health Services, Government of India
(b) The Medical Commissioner of the Employees State Insurance Corporation
(c) The Director General, Employees State Insurance Corporation
(d) Chairman, Medical Council of India

4. Under the provisions of the Maternity Benefits Act 1961, every women employee after delivery of a
child who returns to duty is to be provided with nursing breaks till the child attains the age of:
(a) Twelve months
(b) Fifteen months
(c) Ten months
(d) Eighteen months

5.Which one of the following is NOT a logic of industrial relations?
(a) The logic of conflict
(b) The logic of competition
(c) The logic of industrial peace
(d) The logic of employment – income protection

6. Which one of the following statements about industrial relations is NOT correct?
(a) Industrial relations have to be managed in the interest of maintaining a viable collaborative
structure
(b) Formulation of rules by consensus and their implementation are core to industrial relations
(c) The pluralistic framework looks employee participation in industrial relations from a
disintegrative perspective
(d) The radicalists consider industrial relations in a distributive sense

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