Test Preparation on IBPS SO Mains Law Officer Mock Test-4

1.

The obligation of workers under The Factories Act, 1948 is covered under which section?

1Section 101
2 Section 102
3Section 105
4Section 106
5Section 111

No worker in a factory—
(a) shall wilfully interfere with or misuse any appliance, convenience, or other thing provided in a factory for the purposes of securing the health, safety, or welfare of the workers therein;
(b) shall wilfully and without reasonable cause do anything likely to endanger himself or others; and

(c) shall wilfully neglect to make use of any appliance or other thing provided in the factory for the purposes of securing the health or safety of the workers therein.
2. If any worker employed in a factory contravenes any of the provisions of this section or of any rule or order made thereunder, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with a fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.

2.

Insurance is a contract of:

1Guarantee
2Indemnity
3Agency
4Indemnity and Guarantee
5Actionable Claim

A contract of insurance is a contract of ‘indemnity’. It means that the insured, in case of loss against which the policy has been issued, shall be paid the actual amount of loss not exceeding the amount of the policy, i.e. he shall be fully indemnified.

3.

Welfare officer under The Factories Act, 1948 is required to be appointed in case the number of employees exceed

11500
22500
3500
4250
55000

As per Section 49 of The Factories Act, 1948 regarding Welfare Officers. - In every factory wherein five hundred or more workers are ordinarily employed the occupier shall employ in the factory such number of welfare officers as may be prescribed.

4.

As per Leave facility under section 79 of The Factories Act, 1948, every worker who has worked for a period of 240 days or more in a factory during a calendar year shall be allowed during the subsequent calendar year, leave with wages for a number of days calculated at the rate of

1If an adult, one day for every twenty days of work performed by him during the previous calendar year;
2If a child, one day for every fifteen days of work performed by him during the previous calendar year.
3Both A. and B. are correct
4Neither A. nor B. are correct
5Only A. is correct and B. is incorrect

For the purposes of this sub-section-
(a) Any days of lay-off, by agreement or contract or as
permissible under the standing orders;

(b) In the case of a female worker, maternity leave for any number of days not exceeding twelve weeks; and

(c) The leave earned in the year prior to that in which the leave is enjoyed; Shall be deemed to be days on which the worker has worked in a factory for the purpose of computation of the period of 240 days or more, but he shall not earn leave for these days.

Explanation 2. The leave admissible under this subsection shall be exclusive of all holidays whether occurring during or at either end of the period of leave.

5.

Under The Factories Act, 1948, the ultimate control over the factory is with

1Managing Director
2Manager
3Chairman
4Chairman cum Managing Director
5Occupier

As per section 2(n) of The Factories Act, 1948, “occupier” of a factory means the person, who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory, Provided that:
(i) In the case of a firm or other association of individuals, any one of the individual partners or members thereof shall be deemed to be the occupier;
(ii) In the case of a company, any one of the directors shall be deemed to be the occupier:

(iii) In the case of a factory owned or controlled by the Central Government or any State Government, or any the local authority, the person or persons appointed to manage the affairs of the factory by the Central Government, the State Government or the local authority, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the occupier.

6.

Right to Life is provided under which Article of The Constitution of India?

121
218
317
416
515

Article 21 in The Constitution of India 1949 provides for the Protection of life and personal liberty. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law.