Minimum Wages Act MCQs Part 2

1. A minimum rate of remuneration to apply in the case of employees employed on piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees a minimum rate of wages on a time work basis

a. A minimum time rate

b. A minimum piece rate

c. A minimum guaranteed time rate

d. Overtime rate

2. Minimum rate (whether a time rate or a piece rate) to apply in substitution for the minimum rate which would otherwise be applicable in respect of overtime work done by employees

a. A minimum time rate

b. A minimum piece rate

c. A minimum guaranteed time rate

d. Overtime rate

3. Different minimum rates of wages may be fixed by the Appropriate Government for

a. Different scheduled employments

b. Different classes of work in the same scheduled employment

c. Adults, adolescents, children and apprentices

d. All of the above

4. Different minimum rates of wages may be fixed for different localities by the Appropriate Government.

a. True

b. False because different maximum rates of wages may be fixed for different localities.

c. False because different minimum rates of wages are not allowed to be fixed for different localities.

d. False because of both (b) and (c).

5. The Appropriate Government may fix minimum wages ___________

a. By the hour

b. By the day

c. By the month

d. Any of the above

6. The minimum wages fixed or revised by the Appropriate Government may consist of a basic rate of wages and a special allowance with the variation in the __________

a. Consumption index

b. Cost of living index

c. Inflation index

d. Stock index

7. The minimum wages fixed or revised by the Appropriate Government, an all-inclusive rate includes __________

a. Basic rate

b. Cost of living allowance

c. Cash value of the concessions

d. All of the above

8. The cost of living allowance and the cash value of the concessions in respect of supplies of essential commodities at concession rate shall be computed by the ____________

a. Occupier

b. CEO of the employer establishment

c. Competent authority

d. State Government

9. Who advises the Appropriate Government for co-ordinating work of committees and sub-committees?

a. High Court

b. Local Authority

c. Advisory Board

d. Chief Committee

10. Who advises the Appropriate Government generally in the matter of fixing and revising minimum rates of wages?

a. High Court

b. Local Authority

c. Advisory Board

d. Chief Committee

11. The __________shall consist of persons of be nominated by the Central Government representing employers and employees in the scheduled employments, who shall be equal in number.

a. Advisory Board

b. Central Advisory Board

c. Local Advisory Board

d. State advisory Board

12. How many independent persons are to be appointed in the Central Advisory Board under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?

a. Maximum 1/3rd of the total number of members

b. Minimum 1/3rd of the total number of members

c. Maximum ½ of the total number of the members

d. Minimum 70% of the total number of members

13. Under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, each of the committees, sub-committees and the Advisory Board shall consist of persons to be nominated by the ________Government representing employers and employees in the scheduled employments.

a. Central

b. State

c. Local

d. Appropriate

14. Minimum wages payable under the Payment of Wages Act, 1948 shall be paid

a. In cash

b. In kind

c. Either cash or in Kind

d. Partly in cash and partly in kind

15. Where it has been the custom to pay wages wholly or partly in kind, the Appropriate Government by notification in the Official Gazette authorize the payment of minimum wages either wholly or partly in kind.

a. True

b. False because payment of minimum wages in kind is not allowed

c. False because Central Government will notify in Official Gazette

d. False because payment of minimum wages is not allowed in cash

16. Employment of an employee is essentially __________when it is declared to be so by the appropriate government on the ground that the daily hours of duty include periods of inaction during which the employee may be on duty but is not called upon to display either physical activity or sustained attention.

a. Intermittent

b. Urgent

c. Technical

d. Preparatory

17. If an employee has worked on any day in excess of the normal working hours, he is eligible for __________ under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

a. Overtime rate

b. Minimum wages rate

c. (a) or (b) whichever is higher

d. (a) or (b) whichever is lower

18. Where an employee does two or more classes of work to each of which a different minimum rate of wages of applicable, the employer shall pay to such employee in respect of the time respectively occupied in each such class of work, wages at _________the minimum rate in force in respect of each such class.

a. Less than

b. Not less than

c. Not more than

d. None of the above

19. Where an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been lived under this Act the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum.

a. Piece rate

b. Time rate

c. Overtime rate

d. Guaranteed piece rate

20. Who is required to maintain the registers and records regarding particulars of employees, wages paid to them, work performed by them etc. under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?

a. Trade Union Leader

b. Employer

c. Employee

d. Appropriate Government

21. Who appoints the Inspector under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?

a. Employer

b. Ministry of Labour

c. Appropriate Government

d. Committee of Welfare

22. Who can be appointed as a hearing and deciding authority under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?

a. Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation

b. Labour Commissioner

c. Judge of a civil court

d. Any of the above

23. What is the time period of presentation of application under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948?

a. 3 months

b. 6 months

c. 12 months

d. 24 months

24. The hearing and deciding authority appointed under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 has the power of a

a. Civil Court

b. Criminal Court

c. High Court

d. Supreme Court

25. Provisions regarding single application in respect of a number of applicants are covered under section __________of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

a. 15

b. 17

c. 21

d. 22

26. Penalties for the offences under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 are covered under Section __________

a. 15

b. 17

c. 20

d. 22

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