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Department
Organization maharashtra public service commission
Position labour_officer
Exam Date 2009
City, State maharashtra,


Question Paper

1 For the employment in the unorganised sector, who suggested a thirteen point action plan in August 2007

ILO

NCEUS

NSSO

CSO

2 Out of the following alternatives, which one is not the estimate of the unemployed?

Daily status approach

Usual status approach

Weekly status approach

Monthly status approach

3 In which year was the Planning Commission set up in India?

1947

1948

1951

1950

4 'SHG -Bank Linkage Programme' is a huge micro finance programme implemented by

IFCI

IDBI

NABARD

SIDBI

5 What is the purpose of the Prime Minister's New 15 Point Programme (2006)

To enhance the research activities

Welfare of minorities

Prevent the environmental degradation

Increase the agricultural productivity

6 Out of the following alternatives which statement is not correct

NABARD was established on the Shivraman Committee recommendations.

NABARD was established in 1982.

NABARD provides refinance facility.

NABARD was established on the recommendations of the Narasimhan Committee.

7 For the problems relating to the retrenchment of employees the Government of India set up a fund in 1992. That fund is known as .

Retrenchment Fund

National Security Fund

National Renewal Fund

National Welfare Fund

8 In which year was the first Industrial Policy resolution accepted by the Government of India for the development of the Industrial Sector?

1950

1948

1952

1954

9 Which is the organisation that helps in rehabilitation of sick industrial units in India?

Reserve Bank ofIndia

Industrial Development Bank of India

Industrial Finance Corporation of India

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

10 To examine the country's financial system, which committee was formed by the Government in 1991

Dasgupta Committee

Raja Chelliah Committee

M. Narasimhan Committee

Rege Committee

11 Who formulates the monetary policy in India?

State Government

Central Government

Reserve Bank of India

Finance Commission

12 In which year was Employment Guarantee Scheme introduced in Maharashtra

1970

1978

1972

1975

13 In 1995, the GATT was converted into which organisation?

WTO

WOT

TRIPS

TRIMS

14 The Government set up SEBI in and made it a Statutory Body in

1986, 1990

1988,. 1992

1990, 1992

1992,. 1994

15 Real wages are the purchasing power of

Money wages

Minimum wages

Statutory minimum wages

Employers

16 Which is the supreme body of LL.O. that passes conventions and recommendations?

International Labour Conference

Governing Body

International Labour Institute

International Labour Office

17 According to Fair Wage Committee, the lower limit of the fair wages should be

Minimum wage

Living wage

Higher wage

None of these

18 Who propounded the Exploitation Theory of Wages which is known as 'The Theory of Surplus Value'

Adam Smith

Joseph Schumpeter

Karl Marx

David Ricardo

19 What was the period of work of the first Agricultural Labour Enquiry Committee of Government of India

1956 -57

1952 -53

1950 -51

1958 -59

20 The Chief Labour Commissioner's (Central) Organisation is also known as National Organisation Labour Organisation CSO Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM)

21 Which is the first organised and oldest stock exchange in India?

Delhi

Calcutta

Bombay

Ahmedabad

22 Under the Constitution of India, Labour as a subject comes under

State list

Union list

Concurrent list

None of these

23 Sociology is primarily concerned with

Scientific study of biological aspects

Scientific study of historical aspects

Scientific study of man's behaviour in relationship to other groups and individuals

Scientific study of societies political behaviour

24 In Sociology, who propounded the 'Theory of Suicide'

Max Weber

Auguste Comte

Emile Durkheim

Ferdinand Tonnies

25 Who wrote the book 'Principles of Sociology'

Auguste Comte

Herbert Spencer

Lester Ward

Gabriel Tarde

26 According to A. Demongeon, three major groups of factors influence the pattern of settlement in rural areas. Find out the wrong group of factors from the following alternatives.

Influence of natural conditions

Influence of social conditions

Influence of agricultural economy

Influence of modernisation

27 The technical study of human population is referred to as what?

Population change

Density of population

Birth and Death rate

Demography

28 When was Integrated Rural Development Programme initiated for Rural Development

1972

1974

1970

1968

29 Where is Deccan Sugar Institute located?

Pune

Kolhapur

Ahmednagar

Nashik

30 Which committee submitted its final report to the Government of India in May 1973 to suggest measures to solve the unemployment problem in India?

Bhattacharya Committee

Bhagwati Committee

A.M. Khusro Committee

Ghosh Committee

31 By whom was scientitic management concept applied in industrial work?

Elton Mayo

M.L. Taylor

F.W. Taylor

D.C. Miller

32 In bureaucracy system

Decision making is hierarchical

Decisions are taken with emotions

Decisions are politically oriented

None of these

33 When the goal can be achieved or secured by one competitor only at a time, and he is declared the victor, then it is called as

Absolute competition

Relative competition

Personal competition

Impersonal competition

34 In what way does division of labour help to determine social relations at work?

Technical specialist

Manufacturing process

Mechanisation

Specialisation

35 Out of the following alternatives, which one is not a feature of social system?

Division of labour

Social authority structure

Social prestige

Productivity of labour

36 Out of the following alternatives, which one is not a structural feature of the Industrial Bureaucracy?

Line and Staff Organisation

The role structure of Industrial Bureaucracy

Authority System

Informal Social relationships

37 An Industrial Society is marked by

Caste System

Social Mobility

Primary Relations

None of the above

38 One of the indirect strains imposed by Industrial Technology is

Fatigue

Technological unemployment

Boredom

Monotony

39 By whom was the first labour welfare centre started in Bombay, Bengal and U.P. for improving working and living conditions of industrial workers?

British Government

Procedural Government

First Congress Ministry

Royal Commission

40 Where is the V.V. Gii-i National Labour Institute located?

Kanpur

Noida

Kolkata

Mumbai

41 The need of labour welfare offices to avoid social evils was suggested by

Rege Committee

Factories Act 1934

Whitley Commission

Trade Union Act 1926

42 Identify the first national federation of trade unions in India from the following alternatives.

INTUC

AITUC

BMS

HMS

43 Which trade union started publishing journal weekly 'Indian Worker'

HMS

BMS

AITUC

INTUC

44 How are the Central Trade Unions recognised by Governments for participation in national and international-level consultations on social and labour matters?

By secret ballot

By membership verification

By functions of trade unions

None of these

45 When was the Central Board for Workers Education established?

1960

1956

1958

1962

46 Who was the founder of 'Bombay Mill Hands Association'

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Narayan Meghaji Lokhande

B.P. Wadia

N.M. Joshi

47 Mr. G.D. Ambedkar was associated with which Trade Union?

Textile Labour Association

Mill Mazdoor Sabha

Sarva Shramik Sangh

Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh

48 What is the contribution of Robert Hoxie to the thf'ory of Trade Unionism?

Social relation

Control of work relatioship

Ideas of functional types of Trade Unions

Revolution of Trade Unions

49 Human Relations means

Motivating people in organisational settings to develop teamwork which accomplishes individual and organisational goals effectively

A study of individual behaviour within a group for achieving social objectives

Application of psychological theories

A study or biological relations

50 The central principle of organisation which derives from Theory-X is that of

Integration

Goals

Direction and control

None of these

51 The manifestations of organisational behaviour'is related to

organisational structure, management processes and technology

biological, physiological structure and personality

organisational dynamics, conflict change and adaptation

productivity, technology and personality

52 The central principle of organisation which derives from Theory-Y is that of

Direction

Integration

Control

Goals

53 The bank-wiring room study in Hawthorne experiment showed that a fair days work was determined by the following

Nature of supervision

Earnings

An unwritten code of conduct

Quality of supervision

54 of employee is often essential to highor productivity and greater human justification.

Attendance

Participation

Authority

Permanency

55 According to behavioural approach, situation includes

Physiological, cognitive and psychological processes

Immediate stimulus and environment

Responses of behaviour

Socio-centric values

56 What is the good result of 'employees morale'

Higher production

Higher profit

Better wages

Job satisfaction

57 The first experiment on workers morale and emphasis on human factor in business was carried out by

J.R.D. Tata

Jamshedji Tata

Robert Owen

F.W. Taylor

58 Job involvement is a type related to

Attitude

Value

Belief

Emotion

59 Which one of the following is an important source of stress at work?

Career Development

Training

Colleague

Evaluation

60 is known for his theory of the hierarchy of human needs.

Frederick Herzberg

Peter Drucker

John Garnett

Abraham Maslow

61 Who propounded 'Life Cycle Theory' of Leadership?

Reddin

Fiedler

Hersey Blanchard

Jolly

62 Herzberg's two factor theory has resulted in much more attention being paid to building

motivation

attitude

job satisfaction

None of these

63 The basic assumptions of Human Relations and Organisational Behaviour relates to

The nature of people and organisation

Technology and employees

External social system

Internal social system

64 Under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 which scheme is not operated through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation?

Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952

Employees Deposit-linked Insurance Scheme, 1976

Employees Pension Scheme, 1995

Employees Compensation Scheme, 1998

65 Under Standing Orders Act 1946, workers are entitled to get subsistence allowance at the rate of 50% for

first 50 days

first 75 days

first 90 days

first 100 days

66 The legislative provisions for lay-off and retrenchment compensation are contained in

Workmen Compensation Act, 1923

Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

67 The ILO Convention No. 81 relates to

Unemployment

Minimum Age (Industry)

Social Security

Labour Inspection

68 When did Contract Labour Act come into force?

10th February 1970

10th February 1971

1st February 1969

1st January 1971

69 Which Section empowers the Government to add Schedule under Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Section 22

Section 24

Section 27

Section 29

70 Who was the Chairman of the First National Commission on Labour?

Mr. G.D.H. Cole

Mr. v.v. Giri

Dr. P.B. Gajendragadkar

Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda

71 Employees State Insurance Act is the outcome of

Adarkar Plan

Gandhian Plan

Ela Bhatt's Plan

Bhandarkar Plan

72 During the past two decades, the employment in public sector industry is declining because of

less foreign investment

disinvestment in public sector

competition

lack of capital

73 In the 15 Session (1957) of the Indian Labour Conference, the standard working class family was taken as with consumption units to calculate the minimum wage.

two

three

four

five

74 Lockouts Year Number Workdays lost (average) 1999 387 16·16 2000 345 16·80 2001 302 18·20 2002 284 16·92 2003 297 27·05 2004 241 19·04 In which year were workdays lost due to lockouts the highest?

2003

2004

1999

2000

75 Which organisation publishes the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial and AgriculturallRural workers

CBWE

Central Labour Service

EPFO

Labour Bureau

76 By which of the following pacts in 1931 were the conditions regarding the amendment in the law of salt accepted?

Pune Pact

Gandhi -Irwin Pact

Assam Pact

Tashkand Pact

77 In 1887 Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj established First Mahar School at

Alate

Radhanagari

Kagal

Mangaon

78 Under whose Presidentship was the First Session of the All India Trade Union Congress held at Mumbai in 1920

w.e. Baneljee

Surendra Nath Banelji

Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahatma Gandhi

79 Who has manifested the 'Vardha Policy' regarding education?

Dr. Radhakrishnan

Mahatma Phule

Mahatma Gandhi

VR. Shinde

80 Paper mill at Ballarpur lies in the district of

Nagpur Chandrapur Solapur Kolhapur 8l. Glass temple of Jains is in Bhadravati



Ashti

Aarvi Shirpur

82 Automatic weather stations are located in Maharashtra.

12

17

21

23

83 The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following states?

Orissa

Gujarat

West Bengal

Rajasthan

84 The Directive Principles of State Policy are included in Articles of the Constitution.

36to51

35to52

36 to 53

38to54

85 The is supposed to be the soul of the Indian Constitution.

Preamble

Fundamental Rights

Fundamental Duties

Directive Principles

86 Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the formation of Supreme Court.

120

124

214

240

87 Members of Legislative Council can submit their resignation to

Governor of State

Chief Minister

Chairman of Legislative Council

Chief Justice

88 In the event of a national emergency, the term of the Lok Sabha can be extended

For five more years

Indefinitely

By one year

By two years

89 commodities are domiAgricultural products Manufactured goods nant in the export of India since 1970 -71 Minerals Mineral fuels

90 How many service taxes were there in India in 2004 -05

81

181

102

105

91 What was the amount of deficit finance in the Eighth Five Year Plan

<2,560 Cr.

<42,000 Cr.

<16,570 Cr.

<27,760 Cr.

92 Which cost-push factor is responsible for inflation in India since 1973

Hike in oil prices

Fluctuation in output

Taxation

Administered prices

93 Which instrument is used to observe the distant objects like stars, planets etc.





Microscope Spectrometer

Astronomical Telescope None of these

94 In Bhopal in India, in 1984 accidental release of which poisonous gas killed nearly 4000 people

Ethyl isocyanate

Propyl isocyanate

Butyl isocyanate

Methyl isocyanate

95 Kipp's apparatus is used for preparation of S02 CO2 S02 CO2

96 is the winner film of 55Filmfare Award 2010.

3 Idiots

Paa

Kaminey

Delhi 6

97 Who works as the child marriage prevention officer in the villages of Maharashtra

Gram Sevak

Talathi

Police PatH

Kotwal

98 Who is the present Chief Justice of India?

S.H. Kapadia

KG. Balakrishnan

S.S. Sharma

Y.K Sabharwal

99 Which National Highway is limited to the area of Maharashtra

NH-03

NH-06

NH-50

NH-60

100 Which type of year was declared by Government in 2009 -10

Gram Prakalp Year

Gram Sabha Year

Gram Vikas Year

Gram Shikshan Year

101 Mr. Ramlal gave half of his property to his eldest son, half of the remaining to his second son and 1/3 of the rest to his daughter. The daughter's property was worth 15,500. What could be the total value of Mr. Ramlal's property?

1,50,000

93,000

1,86,000

1,46,500

102 A car covers the distance 180 km with the speed 90 kmlhr and returns at the speed 60 kmlhr. What is the average speed of the car during the journey? 75 kmlhr 72 kmlhr 70 kmlhr None of these

103 If FOREST 3428, FOSTER 3824 then ESTER 2284 2428 2824 2842

104 Find the number in the addition problem given below. 8 3 5 4 8 9 4 2 2 7

0

4

6

9

105 If a number of an alphabet is considered as its value, and product of BEAT is 200, then what is the product of BOAT?

600

500

400

300

106 Complete the alphabetical series. ABEF, GHKL, MNQR, STWX,

YZCD

CDGH

IJMN

OPST

107 If DO GO then GOD

x

x



x

108 Find the odd man out.

BYC

EFU

GHS

KLO

109 A person has a f 50 balance in his bank saving account. Following is the account of withdrawals done on various occasions along with balance: Amount Amount withdrawal balance f20 f30 f15 f15 f9 f6 f6 fO Total f50 f51 Then which of the following is correct?

Amount withdrawn and balance are always equal

Amount of balance is always more than amount withdrawn

Total balance and amount of withdrawl cannot be compared

All above statements are wrong

110 Which Venn diagram describes the given sets 7 Humans, living things, males 0 0 0 A

A B

B C

c QDo D

D

111 Which pair of numbers will replace the question marks 18,11,24, 13,30, 7,7

36, 15

15, ao

16,36

15, 36

112 If given structure is perpendicular to the plane, reflective surface as shown in the figure, then which figure is the reflection of it









113 Age of Ramesh is 2 years more than double the age of Suresh. Kalpana is 5 years older than Ramesh. Kalpana will be 30 years old after 5 years. How old is Suresh today?

9 years

10 years

25 years

22 years

114 How many times will the minute hand cross 10·30 pm the h our hand between 3·30 pm to

6

7

5

8

115 Anil, Sanjay, Sunil, Deepak, Mahesh, Prashant and Suresh are sitting in a row, Sunil is between Deepak and Anil, Mahesh is between Prashant and Suresh and Sanjay is between Deepak and Prashant. Anil and Suresh are at the two ends. Locate the place of Deepak.

Between Sunil and Sanjay

Between Anil and Sanjay

Between Sanjay and Mahesh

Between Sunil and Prashant

116 Study the diagram carefully and answer the question. The square stands for Football players, the triangle stands for Cricket players and the circle stands for Kabbadi players. 5 How many players play only Football and Cricket

6

10

8



117 Select alternative for the blank in the following series. BFDA, EIGD, JNLI, OSQN IMKH KOMJ QUSP

118 A person walks 7 kilometers towards the East. Then he turns to his left and walks a distance of 3 kilometers. Then he turns again and walks 5 km in south-west direction. How far is he from the starting point?

10km

12km

3km

8km

119 If in a code language 'CHENNAI' is written as then how will be written?

FGNJK

CDFGH

FCNFK

FIQRT

121 Which alphabet will be there in place of question mark? H D F R K G D V F I B Q B J tj

I

C



M

122 Identify the step that starts logical inconsistency; 1 100 paise 10 paise x 10 paise 1110 x 1110 11100 1 paisa 1 1 paisa

One

Two

Three

Four

123 Nitya attempted a test of 30 questions and 5 marks are given for each question. For each wrong answer 3 marks are cut from the total marks. If Nitya got 110 marks, in how many questions did she go wrong?

Six

Five

Four

Three

124 Shashi's height is 19 ems more than Arnie's height. The difference between Arnie's and Shashi's heights is 2 em less than the difference between Wily's and Shashi's heights. If Shashi is highest of all and her height is 174 em, then what is Wily's height?

155

157

174

153

125 Swadheen sold a game for <650 to the customer with <75 profit. Customer gave him two notes worth 500 each. Since Swadheen did not have a change he exchanged one note with his neighbour and got the change. He returned remaining amount to the customer. Mter some hours neighbour came with that note and showed him that it is fake. Because of this Swadheen returned 500 to him. Which of the following processes is appropriate to calculate the loss incurred in this transaction?

Add the amount returned to the customer and amount given to the neighbour and subtract profit from it

Subtract selling price from the addition of amount returned to the customer and given to the neighbour

Add amount given to the neighbour to the amount returned to the customer and subtract <150 from it

None of the above is appropriate

126 Where an arbitration agreement provides for a reference of the disputes to an even number of arbitrators, the agreement shall also provide for the appointment of another person known as

Additional judge

Umpire

Third umpire

Additional arbitrator

127 Award means

decision of the Labour Court only

decision given by National Tribunal only

only Arbitrator's decision

all mentioned above

128 Which term is defined under Section of Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946

Arbitration proceeding

Approved list

Approved union

Arbitrator's rights

129 Under which Section of Bombay Industrial Relations Act 1946 the term 'labour officer' is defined?

Section



Section 3

Section Section 7

130 Section 78 of Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946 deals with

Labour Court

High Court

Governor's Power

None of the above

131 The object of the Contract Labour (Abolition and Regulation) Act, 1970 is

to regulate contract labour

to abolish contract labour

to regulate and abolish contract labour in certain circumstances

None of the above

132 Workmen Compensation Act, 1923 provides compensation for

Death

Permanent total/partial disablement

Temporary total/partial disablement

Above all

133 The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 provides for

Sickness benefit

Maternity benefit

Disablement benefit

All the above

134 The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 provides that 'wage-period' shall not exceed

7 days

10 days

15 days

one month

135 An employee shall be disqualified from receiving bonus, if he is dismissed from his service for

fraud

riotous or violent behaviour

theft or misappropriation of property

any of the above

136 The Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 provides for prohibition of women workers

to work on at late night

to work more than others

to work on holidays

All of the above

137 'Equal pay for Constitution. equal work' is provided under Article of the Indian

Article 38

Article 39

Article 14

Article 16

138 What are the benefits available to women workers under the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961

Payment of Maternity benefits

Medical Bonus

Leave and Nursing breaks

All of the above

139 Under the Child Labour (Prohibition Regulation) Act, 1986, a person who has not completed years of age is called a

7 years

12 years

14 years

18 years

140 Child Labour is prohibited under

Child Labour (Prohibition Regulation) Act, 1986

The Apprentices Act, 1961

The Factories Act, 1948

All of the above

141 Under which Section of Right to Information Act 2005, is the term "information" defined?

Sec.

Sec.

Sec.

Sec.

142 'Public authority' means any authority or body or institution of self-government established or constituted

by or under the Constitution

by any other law made by Parliament

by any other law made by State Legislature

All of the above

143 The objective of Right to Information Act, 2005

to secure access to information

to promote transparency and accountability in the working of public authority

to constitute Central and State Information Commissions

All of the above

144 The Central Information Commissioners, on the recommendation of Committee shall be appointed U/S 12 (Chapter III) of Right to Information Act 2005 by

the Prime Minister of India

the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

Chief Justice of India

President of India

145 Right to life Right to equality 'Human Rights' includes Right to liberty All of the above

146 The chairperson of State Human Rights Commissi.on is appointed by

the Chief Minister

the Chief Justice of High Court

the Governor

the Chief Secretary

147 The National Human Rights Commission while inquiring into complaints, in respect of certain matters enjoys the powers of which of the following Courts?

Supreme Court

Civil Court

Consumer Court

Criminal Court

148 What is included in the definition of the term under Minimum Wages Act 1948

The value of any house accommodation

Home rent allowance

Value of the supply of light and water

Any travelling allowance

149 Under the Minimum Wages Act, wages includes

House Rent Allowance

Travelling Allowance

Gratuity

None of the above

150 Payment of Minimum Wages by the employer depends upon which of the following situations? (Under Minimum Wages Act 1948)

Profit made by the establishment

Financial condition of the establishment

Kind and size of industry

Does not depend upon any of the above mentioned things but becomes payable irrespective of all such situations


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