A. 3 months or more and will extend to 1 year
B. 6 months or more and will extend to 2 years
C. 3 months or more and will extend to 2 years
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Labour Law
2. State the objectives of the act?
A. to regulate the employment of women workers in such establishments for certain period before and after child birth.
B. application of act in every establishment being a factory, mine or plantation
C. to provide satisfactory conditions to expectant women
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option A.
3. How many weeks in advance a written notice for maternity leave has to be given to the employer by the expecting women?
A. 4 weeks
B. 7 weeks
C. 1 week
D. 8 weeks
✅ The correct answer is option B.
4. What is the minimum number of days that a woman should have worked in an establishment before claiming the maternity benefit?
A. 365 days
B. 120 days
C. 80 days
D. 240 days
✅ The correct answer is option C.
5. No contribution is required for getting benefit under which of the following legislations?
A. maternity benefit act
B. employees’ compensation act
C. both under (a) & (b)
D. none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option C.
6. The Royal Commission on Labour examined which of the two States’ Maternity Benefit Acts and recommended enactment of similar laws all over the country?
A. bombay and madhya pradesh
B. madras and mysore
C. bihar and bengal
D. punjab and assam
✅ The correct answer is option A.
7. 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 correct answer is option A.
8. Every woman entitled to maternity benefit under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 shall also be entitled to receive from her employer
A. medical bonus
B. leave for miscarriage
C. leave with wages for tubectomy operation
D. all of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
9. Which of the following enactment stipulates for nursing break to a women employee?
A. equal remuneration act, 1976
B. maternity benefit act, 1961
C. apprentices act, 1961
D. the child labour (prohibition and regulation) act, 1986
✅ The correct answer is option B.
10. In which year did the amendment act come into force?
A. 1996
B. 1961
C. 1998
D. 1976
✅ The correct answer is option A.