UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 10: Workers, Migrants and Social Security (21 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 10: Workers, Migrants and Social Security (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: Social Justice. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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In the Constitution, "labour" is a subject in the:
Correct Answer: B [Concurrent List]
Explanation:
Trade unions, social security and welfare of labour are Entries 22–24 of the Concurrent List, so both the Centre and the States legislate.
Which labour code first gave a legal definition of gig and platform workers?
Correct Answer: A [Code on Social Security]
Explanation:
The Code on Social Security, 2020 was the first law to define gig workers, platform workers and aggregators.
The four labour codes merged how many central labour laws?
Correct Answer: C [29]
Explanation:
The Codes on Wages, Industrial Relations, Social Security and Occupational Safety together subsumed 29 central labour laws.
The entry age for the Atal Pension Yojana is:
Correct Answer: D [18 to 40 years]
Explanation:
The Atal Pension Yojana accepts subscribers aged 18 to 40, who contribute until 60 to receive a guaranteed pension.
PM Shram Yogi Maan-dhan provides a monthly pension from age 60 of:
Correct Answer: A [₹3,000]
Explanation:
PM-SYM assures a fixed pension of ₹3,000 a month once the subscriber turns 60.
PM Suraksha Bima Yojana provides:
Correct Answer: D [accident cover of ₹2 lakh]
Explanation:
PMSBY gives ₹2 lakh cover for accidental death or total disability to persons aged 18–70.
The e-Shram portal was launched in:
Correct Answer: C [2021]
Explanation:
The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched the e-Shram portal for unorganised workers on 26 August 2021.
The construction workers' welfare cess, first levied under the BOCW Cess Act, 1996, has been notified at:
Correct Answer: D [1 per cent]
Explanation:
The BOCW Cess Act allowed 1–2 per cent of construction cost, and the rate actually notified is 1 per cent.
ILO Convention 189, which India has not ratified, concerns:
Correct Answer: B [domestic workers]
Explanation:
ILO Convention 189 of 2011, the Domestic Workers Convention, sets decent-work standards for domestic workers; India has not ratified it.
Consider the following statements:
1. The Code on Wages provides for a national floor wage.
2. Under the Code on Social Security, aggregators contribute 1–2 per cent of turnover to a fund for gig workers.
3. The Industrial Relations Code was the first of the four codes to be passed.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
The Code on Wages provides a national floor wage and aggregators pay 1–2 per cent of turnover, but the Code on Wages came first.
Assertion (A): One Nation One Ration Card helps migrant workers.
Reason (R): It allows beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act to draw rations from any fair price shop in the country.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Because ONORC makes NFSA rations portable to any fair price shop, migrants can draw them where they work, so R explains A.
According to Census 2011, internal migrants (by place of last residence) were about:
Correct Answer: C [37 per cent of the population]
Explanation:
about 45.6 crore.
The first State law for platform-based gig workers was passed in 2023 by:
Correct Answer: A [Rajasthan]
Explanation:
Rajasthan's 2023 Act on platform-based gig workers was the first State law providing for their registration and welfare.
The Employees' State Insurance Act was passed in:
Correct Answer: D [1948]
Explanation:
The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 created the ESI scheme of health care and cash benefits for insured workers.
The Unified Pension Scheme assures a pension of what share of average basic pay after 25 years of service?
Correct Answer: C [50 per cent]
Explanation:
The Unified Pension Scheme assures 50 per cent of average basic pay as pension after at least 25 years of service.
PM-SYM is meant for unorganised workers with a monthly income of up to:
Correct Answer: B [₹15,000]
Explanation:
PM-SYM is open to unorganised workers aged 18–40 whose monthly income is ₹15,000 or less.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Code on Social Security
2. ESI Act
3. BOCW Act
4. EPF Act
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-4-3-1]
Explanation:
1948, 1952, 1996, 2020.
The Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 is now part of the:
Correct Answer: A [Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code]
Explanation:
The OSH Code, 2020 subsumed the Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 along with other laws on working conditions.
PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana is open to persons aged:
Correct Answer: B [18–50]
Explanation:
PM Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana offers ₹2 lakh life cover to persons aged 18 to 50.
According to NITI Aayog, the number of gig workers in India in 2020–21 was about:
Correct Answer: B [77 lakh]
Explanation:
about 77 lakh in 2020–21.
Who among the following can join the National Pension System (NPS)?
Correct Answer: C [All State Government employees joining the services after the date of notification by the respective State Governments.]
Explanation:
State employees are covered after their State notifies the NPS.
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