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3351. 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.

3352. 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.

3353. 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.

3354. 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.

3355. The basic principle underlying the enactment of the Trade Unions Act is:

A. to protect interests of workers against disregard of human elements in industries.

B. to regulate the relationship of workers and their organization by regulating the balance of power.

C. to provide strength to workers to settle the industrial disputes.

D. to provide security to workers against the occupational hazards.

✅ The correct answer is option B.

3356. 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.

3357. The Trade Unions Act empowers a trade union to create a General Fund for its administration and maintenance. A trade union purchased shares in the Unit Trust of India to enhance its General Fund Account. Which of the following is not correct as per law?

A. the trade union can raise its fund by such type of investments.

B. the trade union can raise its funds by such investments with the permission of appropriate government.

C. the trade union can raise its fund by such investments with the consent of its general body.

D. the trade union cannot do so as it is an attempt towards profit making.

✅ The correct answer is option D.

3358. 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.

3359. Trade union means any combination formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between

A. workmen and employers permanently

B. workmen and workmen permanently

C. workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers temporary or permanent

D. workmen and employers, workmen and workmen, employers and employers permanently

✅ The correct answer is option C.

3360. 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.