Paper I

Labour Law – II — question papers

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Question papers

April/May 2022 · 15 questions
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August/September 2021 · 10 questions
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December 2020 · 12 questions
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July/August 2019 · 15 questions
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August/September 2018 · 12 questions
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May/June (5-YDC) 2017 · 4 questions
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May/June (5-YDC) 2016 · 14 questions
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August/September 2013 · 15 questions
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August/September (5-YDC) 2013 · 15 questions
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July/August 2012 · 16 questions
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May/June 2011 · 16 questions
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Questions by frequency and marks

Same question across years counts once; frequency is how many papers it appears in.

Marks Question Years Frequency
6 Welfare of Labour. 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2011 8×
6 Maternity Benefit. 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2013, 2011 6×
6 ESI Corporation. 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016 5×
6 Living Wages. 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2012 5×
6 Child Labour. 2022, 2016, 2012 3×
6 Minimum Wages. 2016, 2013, 2011 3×
6 Social Insurance. 2022, 2019, 2013 3×
6 Whitely Commission Recommendations. 2022, 2016, 2013 3×
10 An employee who has served in an establishment for a period of less than 5 years claimed the payment of gratuity. The employer refused to pay. Decide. 2013, 2012, 2011 3×
15 What are the circumstances in which an employer is, and is not, liable to pay compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923? 2016, 2013, 2012 3×
6 Bonus Commission. 2018, 2016 2×
6 Concept of "Bonus". 2012, 2011 2×
6 Concept of Social Security. 2012, 2011 2×
6 Notional Extension. 2016, 2012 2×
6 Partial Disablement. 2013, 2012 2×
6 Payment of Gratuity. 2022, 2018 2×
10 A child below 14 years of age is engaged as a domestic servant in a household for a meagre wage without any holiday. Decide. 2022, 2017 2×
10 An employee agreed to work for less than the statutory minimum wage with his employer. But after some time the worker claimed for minimum wages payable to him. Decide. 2022, 2017 2×
10 A woman worker is terminated from services for refusal to do the night shift work in a factory. Advise her. 2022, 2017 2×
10 A worker, while working in the office, suffered a heart attack and died. The legal heirs of the workman claimed compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1948. Advise. 2022, 2016 2×
15 Discuss and explain the objectives of Payment of Wages Act, 1936. What are the authorized deductions? 2016, 2013 2×
15 State and explain the various benefits assured to the insured employees and their dependants under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. 2016, 2013 2×
15 What is "Minimum Wage"? Explain the procedure for fixation and revision of minimum wages. 2020, 2019 2×
15 Briefly discuss the provisions for health, safety and welfare of workers under the Factories Act, 1948. 2016, 2013 2×
15 Explain the salient features of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. 2018, 2013 2×
6 Allocable Surplus. 2011 1×
6 Authorised deductions from wages. 2013 1×
6 Authorized Deductions. 2019 1×
6 Benefits under E.S.I. Act. 2013 1×
6 Dearness Allowance. 2021 1×
6 Definition of "Wages". 2012 1×
6 Definition of the 'week'. 2012 1×
6 Eligibility of Bonus. 2021 1×
6 Employer's liability to pay compensation. 2013 1×
6 Equal Remuneration. 2021 1×
6 Fair wages. 2018 1×
6 Forfeiture. 2018 1×
6 Gratuity. 2019 1×
6 Maximum Bonus. 2011 1×
6 Occupational Diseases. 2019 1×
6 Protected Workmen. 2016 1×
6 Provident Fund. 2013 1×
6 Recovery of Bonus. 2020 1×
6 Right of Child Labour. 2018 1×
6 Right to claim Bonus. 2013 1×
6 Rights of Child. 2011 1×
6 Set-off of Allocable Surplus. 2018 1×
6 Set-on and Set-off. 2020 1×
6 Social Assistance. 2021 1×
6 Social Assistance Schemes. 2020 1×
6 Social Security. 2013 1×
6 Social Security Legislations. 2018 1×
6 Total Disablement. 2013 1×
10 P , an Apprentice Fitter, was injured while cleaning a dangerous part of a machine which had been manufactured abroad. The machine was unfenced while adjustments were being made to it. Is the manager or occupier guilty of an offence? 2019 1×
10 Explain the benefits available to an employed person under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. 2021 1×
10 A casual worker dies while doing the work. Widow of the deceased worker claimed compensation. The employer refused to pay compensation. Advise her. 2013 1×
10 Define "concept of Gratuity" and discuss the sailent features of the Payment of Gratuity Act. 2013 1×
10 X, a contract labourer, dies while working in a factory. The widow of the deceased worker claimed compensation. Advise her. 2012 1×
10 The driver of a tractor was crushed to death under the wheel of the tractor in the course of his employment. The commissioner rejected the claim on the ground that the parents were not dependents and that the tractor was refused by the employer. Examine whether the decision of the Commissioner is correct. 2016 1×
10 X employed Y & Z, two women, to do the same work and paid them differently. Y questioned this as a violation under the Equal Remuneration Act. Decide. 2013 1×
10 An employee goes to attend his work riding on a bicycle and is involved in an accident in the course of the journey and loses his right leg. Discuss whether the employer is liable for compensation. 2019 1×
10 An employee who was retrenched from service was subsequently re -engaged for wages for broken periods whenever such work was available. No monthly salary was paid to him. The question was whether an employee with in the meaning of the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 and whether he could claim his service to be continuous for claiming benefits under the Act. Decide. 2013 1×
10 The employer, under the E.P .F. and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, has recovered the contributions of P .F. from the workers' salaries and used the same for the purpose of running his business. Advise the workers on their remedy. 2011 1×
10 What is Minimum Wage? Explain the provisions relating to fixation and revision of Minimum Wages. 2021 1×
10 A pregnant woman worker working in an establishment wanted to avail her maternity benefit and applied for the same. The employer terminated her from the service. Advise her. 2012 1×
10 Explain the salient features of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and discuss the liability of the employer for injuries sustained by the workmen during the course of employment. 2013 1×
10 While working on a machine, a worker accidentally drops a valuable testing appliance which is broken. The employer deducts the value of the appliance from the wages of the worker. Is the deduction justified? 2020 1×
10 Wives of 3 workmen employed in a textile factory work in place of their husbands for about half an hour every day after 7 p.m., while the husbands take meals brought by them. Discuss whether there is a violation of any provision of the Factories Act, 1948. 2019 1×
10 A woman worker is asked to attend duty in the night shift of a factory. She refused to work in the night shift. Discuss. 2013 1×
10 X, a worker, dies of a snake bite while working in the Factory. He was not a workman but a casual worker, and his death has not arisen out of and in the course of employment. Decide. 2011 1×
10 A worker's services have been terminated by the employer on the ground of fraud committed by the worker. He demanded payment of Bonus. The employer refused to pay. 2011 1×
10 A worker, while joining the service, agreed not to claim the minimum wages specified by the Minimum Wages law. The employer offered him wages far below the minimum wage specified by law. Discuss. 2012 1×
10 Workers in an establishment are provided with some goods in lieu of their wages in cash by the employer. The workers protested this and claimed wages only in cash. Decide. 2013 1×
10 A workman, while coming to attend work, met with an accident and died. Is the widow of the deceased workman entitled to compensation from the employer? Discuss. 2017 1×
15 Define "Bonus" and discuss the authorized deductions which can be made from wages under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. 2019 1×
15 Define "Bonus". Explain the computation of Gross Profit available and Allocable Surplus. 2020 1×
15 What is Bonus? How is the Bonus calculated and paid under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965? 2018 1×
15 Discuss the computation of Gross Profit available and Allocable Bonus. 2019 1×
15 Explain the concept of Bonus and Set-on and Set-off of allocable surplus. 2022 1×
15 Discuss the concept of wages with the help of decided cases. 2012 1×
15 State the employer's liability for compensation under the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923. 2022 1×
15 Write a note on the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 with the help of decided cases. 2022 1×
15 Discuss the law relating to Child Labour in India. 2019 1×
15 Explain the law relating to fixation and revision of Minimum Wages under the Minimum Wages Act. 2011 1×
15 Discuss the liability of the employer for injuries sustained by workmen during the course of employment. 2013 1×
15 Discuss the liability of the employer for injury caused to the workman during employment under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. 2011 1×
15 What is Minimum Wage? Bring out the difference between Fair Wage and Need -based Minimum Wage. 2020 1×
15 State the provisions of the Factories Act with regard to Health, Safety and Welfare of the Labour. 2011 1×
15 Discuss the provisions relating to health, safety and welfare under the Factories Act, 1948. 2012 1×
15 Discuss the salient features of the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986. 2018 1×
15 Explain the salient features of the Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and the schemes framed thereunder. 2011 1×
15 Explain the salient features of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. 2012 1×
15 Discuss the various benefits available to the employee under the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948. 2013 1×
15 Explain the various benefits available under the ESI Act, 1948. 2020 1×
15 What are the various benefits to which an employee is entitled under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, and under what conditions? 2018 1×
15 Define "Wages" and discuss the authorized deductions from wages under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. 2013 1×
15 Define wages and write the salient provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936. 2022 1×