WorksheetsIRLW – Unit I
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 32mins
The concept of Industrial Relations is concerned with:
Only wages and salaries
Only trade unions
Human relationships at work
Production techniques
A company recognizes more than one trade union for negotiation purposes. This approach is known as:
Single union approach
Multiple union approach
Craft unionism
Closed shop system
Assertion (A): Industrial Relations is viewed as a system. Reason (R): It consists of actors, context, rules, and ideology.
Both A and R are true and R explains A
Both A and R are true but R does not explain A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
Informal groups and social interaction are encouraged to improve productivity. This reflects:
Classical approach
Human relations approach
Systems approach
Scientific management approach
Employee Assistance Programmes are designed to:
Increase wages
Support employees with personal/work issues
Replace trade unions
Reduce workforce
During World War II, Rule 81A mainly aimed to:
Promote privatization
Prevent strikes and lockouts
Encourage collective bargaining
Improve labour welfare measures
Which sector was given a dominant role under the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956?
Private
Cooperative
Public
Joint
Who was the Chairman of the First National Labour Commission (1966)?
Justice Gajendragadkar
V.V. Giri
B.P. Adarkar
K.T. Shah
Collective bargaining primarily aims at:
Profit maximization
Conflict escalation
Negotiated settlement of issues
Union elimination
Disinvestment refers to:
Expansion of PSUs
Selling government stake
Nationalization
Worker ownership only
Industrial Relations is described as a coin having two faces:
Power and authority
Control and discipline
Cooperation and conflict
Growth and decline
Workforce stability mainly focuses on:
Employee exits
Retention of long-tenured employees
Automation
Outsourcing
Job security contributes to:
Higher absenteeism
Employee stability
Industrial unrest
Union rivalry
Pluralistic approach views conflict as:
Destructive
Avoidable
Inevitable and beneficial
Illegal
Marxist approach supports trade unions because:
They promote discipline
They control workers
They enable social change
They reduce wages
Deregulation refers to:
Increased state control
Removal of unnecessary regulations
Nationalization
Worker ownership
Linking pay to performance reflects:
Traditional IR
Emerging collective bargaining trends
Judicial trend
Marxist ideology
Psychological safety at workplace improves:
Union rivalry
Employee stability
Wage disputes
Lockouts
Assertion (A): Deregulation promotes competition. Reason (R): It reduces government intervention.
Both A and R true and R explains A
A false, R true
Both false
A true, R false
V.V. Giri approach emphasizes:
Compulsory arbitration
Collective bargaining
State dominance
Union suppression
Poor industrial relations result in:
High morale
Productivity growth
Absenteeism and low motivation
Stable workforce
Consumers are emerging actors in IR because:
They influence industrial harmony
They form unions
They manage firms
They own industries
Informal dispute resolution reflects:
Gandhian philosophy
Scientific management
Classical theory
Taylorism
Decline in strikes is due to:
Worker ignorance
Responsible workforce behavior
Increased violence
Judicial delays
Employee stability index measures:
Employee exits
Long-term retention
Daily attendance
Absenteeism
Remote work and DEI indicate:
Traditional IR
Future IR trends
Marxist control
Judicial intervention
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