Protection of Workers' Rights

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What are the advantages to foreign companies in setting up production in India?

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What do we mean when we speak of law enforcement? Who is responsible for enforcement? Why is enforcement so important?

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How can laws ensure that markets work in a manner that is fair? Give two examples to support your answer.

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What are the salient features of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006?

Q. Why was the Minimum Wages Act passed?

1. To protect the employers from overpaying their employees
2. To protect the employees from getting underpaid by their employers
3. To prevent the exploitation of a worker's financial vulnerability
4. Solely to address the wage gap

Q. How can a factory cut production costs?

1. By collecting money from the employees.
2. By paying low wages to the workers.
3. By making deals with other factories.
4. By selling goods as soon as they are produced.

Q. Right to a healthy environment is intrinsic to the fundamental ________.

1. right to expression
2. right to work
3. right to life
4. right to speech

Q. The responsibility to provide public facilities must be that of the

1. Police
2. Private Companies
3. Public
4. Government

Q. Advanced countries are relocating their toxic and hazardous industries to ________ countries to take advantage of the weaker laws in these countries .

1. developed
2. developing
3. backward
4. African

Q. It is the duty of the government to ensure that the ___ guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution is not violated .

1. Right to Expression
2. Right to Work
3. Right to Education
4. Right to Life

Q. While the government has a leading role in environmental protection, people can exert pressure so that both private companies and the government act ___ .

1. in the interests of the society
2. in the interests of private companies
3. in the interests of workers
4. in the interests of children

Q. Which of the following do not seek to make profit?

1. Private companies
2. Businesspersons
3. Contractors
4. Government

Q. The ___ states that workers should not be paid less than a specified minimum.

1. Loss Of Pay Act
2. Minimum Wages Act
3. Maximum Wages Act
4. Right to Equal Pay

Q. The Right to Life is a ___.

1. fundamental duty
2. fundamental right
3. fundamental responsibility
4. fundamental law

Q. The Minimum Wages Act is required to ________.

1. protect consumers
2. protect suppliers
3. protect producers
4. protect workers

Q. The Minimum Wages Act specifies that wages should not be _____ a specified minimum amount.

1. above
2. below
3. equal to
4. unequal to

Q. Why do foreign companies like Union Carbide set up factories in India?

1. Availability of cheap labour
2. Laws on safety and environment standards are lax
3. It is the only way to expand their business
4. All foreign companies care deeply for the Indian population

Q. Right against exploitation is a ________.

1. fundamental right
2. legal right
3. statutory right
4. social right

Q. A law that allows workers to form trade unions is required ___.

1. to protect the workers' interests.
2. to represent the workers' interests.
3. to organise team meetings and outings.
4. Both a and b.

Q. Which of the following is not an aspect of the Minimum Wages Act?

1. Labour protection
2. Forming unions
3. Quality standards
4. None of the above

Q. Write a paragraph on the various roles of the government.

Q. What is the purpose of trade unions or trade associations?

1. To address the workers' issues.
2. For better working conditions.
3. To demand fair wages.
4. All of the above

Q. _______ requires the state to make provisions for securing just and human conditions of work and for material relief.

1. Article 19
2. Article 21
3. Article 15
4. Article 18

Q. Workers rights means:

1. All of these
2. Right to fair wages
3. Right to decent work conditions
4. Right to work

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_________ and ___________ are important to maintain individual health.

Q. requires the State to make provisions to secure just and humane conditions for work.

1. Article 42
2. Article 21
3. Article 15
4. Article 19

Q. Why do foreign companies like Union Carbide set up factories in India?

1. Availability of cheap labour
2. Laws on safety and environment standards are lax
3. It is the only way to expand their business
4. All foreign companies care deeply for the Indian population

Q. Which of the following guarantee protection from bonded labour and fixed wage?

1. Right against Exploitation
2. Minimum Wages Act
3. Right to Safe Working Environment
4. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986

Q. While the government has a leading role in making laws, citizens can exert pressure so that both ___ and the ___ act in the interests of the society.

1. private companies, government
2. schools, colleges
3. corporates, NGOs
4. banks, hospitals

Q. Which of the following do not seek to make profit?

1. Private companies
2. Businesspersons
3. Contractors
4. Government