Trade Union Movement in India - MCQs with answers - Part 1

Trade Union Movement in India - MCQs with answers - Part 1

1. Trade unions are the principal schools in which the workers learn the lesson of _______ and ______.

a. Spirit of combination and class - consciousness
b. Social evils and exploitation
c. Self - reliance and solidarity
d. None of the above

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2. In which year did the labour movement start in India?

a. 1875
b. 1918
c. 1939
d. 1945

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3. State true or false.

i. Labour movement is "by the worker" whereas the trade union movement is "for the worker"

a. True
b. False

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4. In which year did the trade union movement start in India?

a. 1975
b. 1939
c. 1935
d. 1918

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5. The trade union movement were at a disadvantage in an age when the __________ held the field.

a. Rege committee
b. First world war
c. Doctrine of Laissez faire
d. None of the above

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6. In how many periods can you divide the growth and development of trade union movement in India?

a. 5
b. 6
c. 3
d. 8

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7. Which 2 Indian Humanitarians who themselves were factory workers drew the government’s attention towards unhappy working conditions of labourers in 1875 and 1884?

a. Sorabjee Shapurji Bengali & N.M. Lokhandey
b. S.N. Banerjee & Punekar
c. Lokamanya Tilak & Mill owners associations
d. None of the above

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8. Match the following periods of trade unions with respective years

1. Second world war -------------- A. 1939 - 1945
2. Post - independence period ---- B. 1947 - to date
3. Social welfare period -------- C. 1918 - 1924
4. Early trade union period ------ D. 1875 - 1918
5. Left wing trade unionism period --- E. 1924 - 1934
6. Trade unions' unity period ------- F. 1935 - 1938

a. 1-a, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c, 5-e, 6-f
b. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-e, 5-d, 6-f
c. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d, 5-e, 6-f
d. 1-b, 2-c, 3-f, 4-e, 5-a, 6-d

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9. Which year saw the history of modern industrialism in India?

a. 1918
b. 1875
c. 1850
d. 1904

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10. Who formed Bombay Millhands Association and in which year?

a. Sorabjee shapurjee Bengali in 1980
b. N.M Lokhandey in 1890
c. Social Service League in 1910
d. None of the above

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