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WorksheetsModule 5. Maternity Benefit Act 1961 MBA CBM
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following enactments stipulates for nursing break to a women employed ?
Equal remuneration Act 1976
Maternity Benefit Act 1961
Minimum Wages Act 1948
The Child labour Act 1986
As per Maternity Benefit Act, the maximum period for which any woman shall be entitled to maternity benefit shall be
10 weeks
15 weeks
26 weeks
36 weeks
The condition of 80 days of employment in the 12 months immediately preceding the date of benefit has been made an eligibility condition for getting.........
A) Maternity Benefit under the Maternity Benefit Act
(B) Disablement benefit under the ESI Act
(C) Gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act
(D) Sickness benefit under the ESI Act
The Royal Commission on Labour examined which of the two States’ Maternity Benefit Acts and recommended enactment of similar laws all over the country?
Bihar and Bengal
Madras and Mysore
Bombay and Madhya Pradesh
Punjab and Assam
The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1965 and the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Together can be applicable.
The Maternity Benefit Act and the Employees State Insurance Act can be applicable at a time.
The Workmen’s Compensation Act and the Employees State Insurance Act can be applicable at a time.
If the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the Maternity Benefit Act are applicable, the Employees State Insurance Act is not applicable.
Assertion (A): Provisions of Employees’ compensation Act and Maternity Benefit Act do not apply to all industries.
Reason (R): Employees’ Compensation Act is a comprehensive social security legislation.
(A) is wrong, but (R) is right.
(A) is right, but (R) does not related to the (A).
(A) and (R) are right, and (R) validates the (A).
(A) and (R) are wrong.
No contribution is required for getting benefit under which of the following legislations?
Maternity Benefit Act
Employees’ Compensation Act
Both under (A) & (B)
None of the above
Till what age of the child will a mother get 2 nursing breaks in the course of her daily work?
12 months
15 months
18 months
24 months
Under the Maternity Benefit Act, a woman employee would get a medical bonus of:
Rs. 3000
Rs. 3500
Rs. 4000
Rs. 4500
How many nursing breaks are allowed to a woman employee under the Maternity Benefit Act 1961
2
4
3
5
How many visits to creche are allowed to a woman employee under the Maternity Benefit Act 1961
2
4
6
8
During the period of maternity leave a woman will be paid at the rate of ...............
Half of her average daily wages
Average daily wages
Less than Rs 10 per day
None of the above
No women shall work in an establishment until she has worked in that establishment for a period of not less than
80 days
120 days
160 days
180 days
An employer may refuse to pay the medical bonus to a woman worker who is under maternity benefit if ..........
The woman has already availed the benefit
If she has more than 3 children
If the employer provides pre-natal and post-natal care free of charge
If the woman employee in her family has a medical practioner as her relative
A woman suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy , delivery , prematured birth of child or miscarraige shall be allowed to an extended medical benefit of :
1 month
3 months
6 months
15 days
Can an employer terminate the services of a woman who has gone under maternity leave under the maternity benefit Act, 1961?
The employer can terminate her services
The employer cannot discharge or dismiss her during the period in a normal manner
The Act is completely silent in this regard
None of the above
A woman who legally adopts a child below the age of three months shall be entitled to Maternity Benefit from the date the child is handed over to the adopting mother for a period of how many weeks under the provisions of the Maternity Benefit Amendment Act 2017
12 Weeks
15 weeks
20 weeks
26 weeks
What is the total maternity leave admissable for a woman employee having 2 or more surviving children under the provisons of Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017
8 weeks
10 weeks
12 weeks
26 weeks
According to the Maternity Benfit Act 1961 where a woman employee is guilty of any gross misconduct :
The employer cannot discharge or dismiss her during the period of maternity leave
The employer may discharge or dismiss her
The employer may dismiss or discharge her and even deprive her of her medical benefit or medical bonus or both
None of the above
State the objective of the Maternity Benefit Act 1961...........
To regulate the employment of women workers in such establishements for certain period before and after child birth
Application of the Act in every establishment , being a factory, mine or plantation
To provide satisfactory conditions to expectant woman
All of the above
The right of a woman to receive maternity benefit will be forfieted if :
she has availed this benefit for more than 3 times
she is not of a good behaviour in the organisation
the women has started working in other establishment during the period of her maternity leave
None of the above
.............................means in relation to an establishment being a mine (or an establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances ) the Central Governement and in relation to any other establishment
Employer
Establishment
Factory
Appropriate Govt.
