Labour Welfare Officer (Travancore Titanium Products Ltd ) Question Paper and Answer Key

 Question Paper Code: 47/2022/OL
Category Code: 318/2019
Exam: Labour Welfare Officer
Date of Test 19-07-2022
Department  : Travancore Titanium Products Ltd
Alphacode A

Question1:-Which among the following describes the estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of living in a society of stratified social classes
A:-Acculturation
B:-Assimilation
C:-Alienation
D:-Amalgamation
Answer:- Option-C

Question2:-Dramaturgy which is the sociological perspective commonly used in micro-sociological accounts of social interaction in everyday life was put forward by
A:-E. Husserl
B:-A. Schutz
C:-H. Blumer
D:-E. Goffman
Answer:- Option-D

Question3:-Which among the following is not the work of Michel Foucault?
A:-The Birth of the Clinic
B:-Knowledge and Human Interests
C:-The Order of Things
D:-Discipline and Punish
Answer:- Option-B

Question4:-Which among the following theory does not fall under the interactionist school of thought?
A:-Ideal Type
B:-Symbolic interactionism
C:-Ethnomethodology
D:-Phenomenology
Answer:- Option-A

Question5:-Which among the following books are authored by Emile Durkhiem
(i)  The Sociology of Religion
(ii) The Sociology of Knowledge
(iii) Individual and Society
A:-Only (ii) and (iii)
B:-Only (i) and (ii)
C:-Only (i) and (iii)
D:-All the above ((i), (ii) and (iii))
 Answer:- Option-D
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Question6:-Which among the following is a social theory of the creation and reproduction of social systems that is based on the analysis of both structure and agents
A:-Theory of Social Action
B:-Theory of Structuration
C:-Theory of Surplus Value
D:-Theory of Social Stratification
 Answer:- Option-B

Question7:-Which of the following is true?
(i)  The MGNREGS Act aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas ബൈ guaranteeing hundred days of wage-employment in a financial year
(ii)  The MGNREGS Act aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing ninety days of wage-employment in a financial year
(iii) The MGNREGS Act aims at enhancing the livelihood security of people in rural areas by guaranteeing sixty days of wage-employment in a financial year
A:-(i)
B:-(ii)
C:-(iii)
D:-None of the above
Answer:- Option-A

Question8:-Establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no previous tree cover is known as
A:-Agglomeration
B:-Afforestation
C:-Deforestation
D:-Reforestation
 Answer:- Option-B

Question9:-Which among the following chemical is responsible  for ozone layer depletion?
A:-Phosphorous oxychloride
B:-Diphosphorus tetrachloride
C:-Carbontetrachloride
D:-Chlorofluorocarbon
Answer:- Option-D

Question10:-Which among the following poverty alleviation program focuses on the welfare of senior citizens of India?
A:-Annapurna
B:-Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana
C:-Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
D:-Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana
 Answer:- Option-A

Question11:-Which is the poverty eradication and women empowerment programme implemented by the State Poverty Eradication Mission of the Government of Kerala
A:-Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana
B:-Annapurna
C:-Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana
D:-Kutumbasree
 Answer:- Option-D

Question12:-Which among the following is true?
(i)   Bioremediation is a waste management technique that converts waste material into gas, ash and heat
(ii)  Bioremediation is a waste management technique that separates and spreads the waste as a thin layer in low-lying areas
(iii) Bioremediation is a waste management technique that degrades the pollutants stimulating  the growth of microorganisms
A:-(i)
B:-(ii)
C:-(iii)
D:-None of the above
Answer:- Option-C

Question13:-Which among the following has the limitation to collect data from illiterates?
A:-Participant observation
B:-Case study
C:-Interview schedule
D:-Questionnaire
Answer:- Option-D

Question14:-Which among the following is true about case study method?
A:-Analyses the content of documents, books, newspapers, magazines and other forms of written material
B:-Studies individual cases often in a natural environment and for a longer period of time
C:-The investigator involves himself in the setting and group life of the research subjects
D:-Information is collected from a sample of individuals representative of the population through their responses to questions
Answer:- Option-B

Question15:-Objectivity in scientific research means
A:-Eliminating personal  bias and prejudice of the researcher
B:-Considering personal values, beliefs and interests of the researcher
C:-Conducting the research on the basis of first-hand information collected
D:-Conducting the research on the basis of data from published written material
Answer:- Option-A

Question16:-In which among the following sampling methods, the researcher begins with a few respondents who are available to him and then the existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances?
A:-Quota Sampling
B:-Random Sampling
C:-Snowball Sampling
D:-Stratified Sampling
 Answer:- Option-C

Question17:-The research design in which the researcher has either no knowledge or a limited knowledge about the issue to be studied?
A:-Explanatory research design
B:-Exploratory research design
C:-Experimental research design
D:-Descriptive research design
Answer:- Option-B

Question18:-Which among the following is a small scale replica and a rehearsal of the main study?
A:-Pilot Study
B:-Longitudinal Study
C:-Cross sectional Study
D:-Pre-test
Answer:- Option-A

Question19:-Which among the following perspective includes the study of Sanskrit literature and Hinduism along with the other Indian religions?
A:-Structural functional
B:-Marxist
C:-Civilizational
D:-Indological
Answer:- Option-D

Question20:-Which among the following is not a work written by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar?
A:-Annihilation of Caste
B:-Why I am not a Hindu?
C:-Riddles in Hinduism
D:-Who were the Shudras?
Answer:- Option-B

Question21:-Which is the term that describes the authority of the mother's brother over her sister's children in a matrilineal society?
A:-Tecnonymy
B:-Avunculate
C:-Amitate
D:-Couvade
Answer:- Option-B

Question22:-Who among the following analysed Indian society from a Marxist perspective?
A:-A.R. Desai
B:-N.C. Bose
C:-S.C. Dube
D:-Yogendra Singh
Answer:- Option-A

Question23:-In chronological order, which was the first major social reform legislation after the abolition of sati in 1829 by Lord William Bentinck?
A:-Indian Tolls Act
B:-Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act
C:-Indian Divorce Act
Answer:- Option-B

Question24:-Who among the following has conducted studies on caste in India?
A:-Frederic Engels
B:-Paulo Freire
C:-Jurgen Habermas
D:-Gail Omvedt
Answer:- Option-D

Question25:-Which among the following was considered by Mahatma Gandhi as the hatefullest expression of caste?
A:-Untouchability
B:-Endogamy
C:-Hereditary occupation
D:-Hierarchy
 Answer:- Option-A

Question26:-Identify the feminist perspective that considers men's control of land as responsible for the oppression of women and destruction of the natural environment
A:-Marxist Feminism
B:-Radical feminism
C:-Eco Feminism
D:-Liberal Feminism
 Answer:- Option-C

Question27:-The feminist philosopher who wrote ''Vindication of the Rights of Woman'' which is seen as the first feminist treaty on the human rights of women
A:-Mary Wollstonecraft
B:-Alice Walker
C:-George Eliot
D:-Toni Morrison
Answer:- Option-A

Question28:-Which among the following diseases is not caused due to Malnutrition?
A:-Anaemia
B:-Malaria
C:-Kwashiorkor
D:-Marasmus
Answer:- Option-B

Question29:-Which is the Act passed by the Parliament of India regarding child sexual Abuse?
A:-Mental Health Act
B:-Disaster Management Act
C:-Prohibition of Child Marriage Act
D:- POCSO Act
Answer:- Option-D

Question30:-Which among the following incite strife and violence between groups of people belonging to different religious or ethnic identity?
A:-Socialism
B:-Communism
C:-Communalism
D:-Marxism
Answer:- Option-C

Question31:-The two persons groups is referred to as ...........
A:-Dyad
B:-Small group
C:-Simple group
D:-Homogenous group
Answer:- Option-A

Question32:-Community organization has been taught as a professional practice in Indian Schools of Social Work since .......
A:-1930s
B:-1940s
C:-1950s
D:-1960s
Answer:- Option-C

Question33:-Social Case Work agencies are not classified on the basis of the following factors
A:-Source of support
B:-Source of Professional Authority
C:-Special function and area of concern
D:-Location of the agency
Answer:- Option-D

Question34:-One of the following is not a type of group classification on the basis of the purpose meant to be served
A:-Task-oriented group
B:-Therapeutic group
C:-Recreational group
D:-Short-term group
Answer:- Option-D

Question35:-A value of the profession that provides the basis of social work intervention is ............
A:-Belief in individual's worth and dignity
B:-Belief in the economic support to people
C:-Belief in the capacity of people to grow and not change
D:-Supporting the voluntary agencies to take up welfare work
Answer:- Option-A

Question36:-If help is given because of helper's need to give rather than because the receiver needs to receive - this help  is called ......
A:-Reactive help
B:-Pro-active help
C:-Helping relationship
D:-Helping process
Answer:- Option-B

Question37:-The phenomenon whereby an individual in a group will tend to end up agreeing with a strong majority opinion in spite of their own judgment is known as
A:-normative influence
B:-informative influence
C:-critical mass influence
D:-bullying influence
Answer:- Option-A

Question38:-Group polarization refers to the tendency whereby
A:-groups make decisions that are more extreme than the individuals' opinions
B:-conflict of individuals' extreme opinions causes the group to side with the majority
C:-the opinions of the minority shift to the majority
D:-groups make decisions that are less extreme than the individuals' opinions
Answer:- Option-A

Question39:-The 'Hawthorne effect' refers to which group-related phenomenon?
A:-One person in a group usually does most of the work
B:-People in groups tend to try to get away with doing as little as possible
C:-People always perform better when they're being watched
D:-There is usually one person in a group who will try to argue against the majority
Answer:- Option-C

Question40:-Kerala Social Security Mission (KSSM) is registered under which of the following Act?
A:-The Societies Registration Act, 1860
B:-The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912
C:-The Indian Trust Act, 1882
D:-The Companies Act, 1956
 Answer:- Option-A

Question41:-Which of the following is not the function of Department of Women and Child Development
A:-Protect women and children from sexual abuse and trafficking
B:-Provide for effective protection of women against domestic violence
C:-Take stringent action to eliminate child marriage
D:-Strengthening relationship among community members
 Answer:- Option-D

Question42:-Which of the following is not the objective of ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) Scheme?
A:-To improve the nutritional and health status of children in the age group 0-6 years
B:-To lay the foundation for proper psychological, physical and social development of the child
C:-To reduce the incidence of mortality, morbidity, malnutrition and school dropout
D:-Providing after care services
Answer:- Option-D

Question43:-The best suited method of social work for enhancing the social functioning of the individual is
A:-Social Action
B:-Social Work Administration
C:-Social Case Work
D:-Counselling
 Answer:- Option-C

Question44:-The statement, ''the group itself is a major tool of personality development'' was first made by
A:-H.B. Trecker
B:-Gisela Konopka
C:-H.Y. Siddique
D:-Grace L. Coyle
Answer:- Option-A

Question45:-A professional Social Worker should have
A:-Knowledge-based training
B:-Practice-based training
C:-Experiential training
D:-All of these
 Answer:- Option-D

Question46:-''Sociometry'' is a technique widely used for the study of
A:-Group relationships
B:-role of the members in the group
C:-Leadership
D:-Communication pattern
Answer:- Option-A

Question47:-Which one of the following is NOT a goal of Community Organization?
A:-Establishment social justice
B:-Restructuring power
C:-Integrating social work practice
D:-Developing alternative institutions
Answer:- Option-C

Question48:-Which one of the following has not been stated as an approach of Community Development by M.G. Ross?
A:-Single Function Approach
B:-Multiple Approach
C:-Inner Resource Approach
D:-Social Goal Approach
Answer:- Option-D

Question49:-What is the theme of World Social Work Day - 2022?
A:-Ubuntu : I am Because We are - Strengthening Social Solidarity and Global Connectedness
B:-Co-building a New Eco-Social World : Leaving No One Behind
C:-Promoting the Importance of Human Relationships
D:-Promoting Community and Environmental Sustainability
 Answer:- Option-B

Question50:-In the Ecological Social Work approach problems are seen as
A:-Deficits in the brain
B:-Deficits in the school
C:-Deficits in the playground
D:-Deficits in the environment in which client lives
Answer:- Option-D

Question51:-Identify the service which is an institutional care
A:-Adoption
B:-Foster-care
C:-Sponsorship
D:-Juvenile Home for Girls/Boys
Answer:- Option-D

Question52:-Which of the following is a part of the personality of which a person is unaware?
A:-Conscious
B:-Subconscious
C:-Unconscious
D:-Semi-conscious
Answer:- Option-C

Question53:-As per the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2000, which of the following children can be kept in special homes?
A:-Children in conflict with law
B:-Neglected children
C:-Abused children
D:-Street children
Answer:- Option-A

Question54:-The product of conception in its first eight weeks of its development is .......... and after that stage till the end of pregnancy is ..............
A:-Embryo ; Fetus
B:-Fertilization ; Zygote
C:-Neonate ; Infancy
D:-Neonate ; Fertilization
Answer:- Option-A

Question55:-The skills of community worker include;
A:-Capacity to understand the communities and to initiate programmes
B:-Capacity to analyze the situation and ability to act appropriately
C:-Capacity to accept the strength and weaknesses of the community and to initiate action
D:-Capacity to study the communities and to liaison with other organisations
Answer:- Option-B

Question56:-Name the online platform launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support women entrepreneurs?
A:-Mahila E-Haat
B:-One stop centre scheme
C:-Digital India
D:-E-Seva
Answer:- Option-A

Question57:-''Chairperson'' under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 means
A:-Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Women
B:-Minister of Women and Child Development
C:-Chairperson of National Women's Commission
D:-Chairperson of the Local Complaints Committee
Answer:- Option-D

Question58:-As per the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2016 the term ''adolescents'' means
A:-A person who has completed his fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year
B:-A person who has completed his twelve year of age but has not completed his nineteenth year
C:-A person who has completed his tenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year
D:-A person who has completed his fourteenth year of age but has not completed his twentieth  year
Answer:- Option-A

Question59:-Which of the following are the aim/s of Nirbhaya Scheme?
A:-Prevention of sexual violence against women and children
B:-Protection of sexual violence victims
C:-Prosecution of sexual violence perpetrators
D:-All the above
Answer:- Option-D

Question60:-Erikson's theory can be described as which of the following?
A:-Cognitive-behavioural
B:-Psychosocial
C:-Behavioural
D:-Psychoanalytical
Answer:- Option-B

Question61:-Which of the following will not amount to Retrenchemnt?
A:-Voluntary retirement
B:-Termination on the expiry of contract
C:-Termination on continued ill health
D:-All the above
Answer:- Option-D

Question62:-The minimum age for being a member of registered trade union is _______
A:-18 years
B:-15 years
C:-20 years
D:-21 years
Answer:- Option-B

Question63:-Employer cannot impose fine on any employed person below the age of ________ years.
A:-15
B:-18
C:-20
D:-21
Answer:- Option-A

Question64:-Which schedule of Industrial Disputes Act deals with Unfair Labour Practice?
A:-2nd
B:-3rd
C:-4th
D:-5th
Answer:- Option-D

Question65:-The person having ultimate control over the affairs of the factory is known as
A:-Employer
B:-Owner
C:-Occupier
D:-Inspector
Answer:- Option-C

Question66:-The officer authorised to carry out functions under Standing Orders Act is ______
A:-Labour Officer
B:-Certifying Officer
C:-Registrar
D:-Inspector
Answer:- Option-B

Question67:-Employees PF and Miscellaneous Act provides for
A:-EPF
B:-EDW
C:-EPS
D:-All the above
Answer:- Option-D

Question68:-Minimum amount of bonus paid to an employee is _____% of basic wage.
A:-8
B:-8.22
C:-8.33
D:-8.55
Answer:- Option-C

Question69:-Occupational Disease is mentioned under which schedule of Employees Compensation Act
A:-2nd
B:-3rd
C:-4th
D:-5th
Answer:- Option-B

Question70:-Maximum gratuity payable under payment of gratuity act is ______ lakhs.
A:-20
B:-10
C:-3
D:-15
Answer:- Option-A

Question71:-Qualifying service for getting gratuity is _______ years.
A:-1
B:-3
C:-5
D:-10
 Answer:- Option-C

Question72:-Worker willfully removed safety device provided by the employer knowing that this may cause accident. Discuss which of the following is correct?
A:-Employer liable
B:-Inspector liable
C:-Employer not liable
D:-Govt. liable
Answer:- Option-C

Question73:-Which authority is responsible for fixing minimum wages?
A:-Occupier
B:-Welfare Officer
C:-Appropriate Govt.
D:-Inspector
Answer:- Option-C

Question74:-For getting bonus, as employee must have worked for ______ days.
A:-365
B:-60
C:-100
D:-30
Answer:- Option-D

Question75:-Which is not included in ESI Act?
A:-Medical Benefit
B:-Sickness Benefit
C:-Dependant Benefit
D:-Provident Fund
Answer:- Option-D

Question76:-When manufacturing process is carried out without the aid of power, minimum number of persons to constitute factory is
A:-20
B:-15
C:-10
D:-50
Answer:- Option-A

Question77:-The term collective bargaining was coined by
A:-Denning
B:-Beatrice Webb
C:-Diplock
D:-Heydon
Answer:- Option-B

Question78:-As per Factories Act, Child is one who has not completed _______ years.
A:-14
B:-15
C:-18
D:-21
Answer:- Option-B

Question79:-Minimum contribution of employee to EPF is ______%
A:-8%
B:-10%
C:-12%
D:-15%
Answer:- Option-C

Question80:-Sexual Harrassment of women at workplace act 2013 provides for lodging complaints before _______
A:-Internal Complaints Committee
B:-Court
C:-State Women's Commission
D:-National Women's Commission
Answer:- Option-A

Question81:-Choose a suitable interpretation for the idiom : To break a leg
A:-To make a situation worse
B:-A way to wish someone good luck
C:-Stop working on something
D:-Taking credit for someone else achievements
 Answer:- Option-B

Question82:-Choose the word with correct spelling
A:-Moustach
B:-Mustache
C:-Mustach
D:-Moustache
Answer:- Option-D

Question83:-Give a one word substitute for : One who is fond of fighting
A:-Bellicose
B:-Aggressive
C:-Belligerent
D:-Militant
Answer:- Option-A

Question84:-Write the synonym of ''incessant''
A:-Cordless
B:-Unabating
C:-Interrupted
D:-Intermittent
 Answer:- Option-B

Question85:-'Bump into' means
A:-To escape from a place by force
B:-To start suddenly
C:-To meet by chance
D:-To cancel
Answer:- Option-C

Question86:-The passive voice of 'was the servant bringing tea?' is
A:-Has tea brought by the servant?
B:-Was tea being brought by the servant?
C:-Is tea being brought by the servant?
D:-Was tea being bring by the servant?
 Answer:- Option-B

Question87:-Correct the sentence :
The train had been gone before I reached the station
A:-The train had gone
B:-The train had been going
C:-The train was gone
D:-The train would leave
Answer:- Option-A

Question88:-The office doesn't open --------------- 10 am
A:-for
B:-at
C:-until
D:-still
Answer:- Option-C

Question89:-Neither of the students was happy with the new rules, ................?
A:-were they?
B:-weren't they
C:-was they
D:-wasn't they
Answer:- Option-A

Question90:-She said, ''Shall I ever forget you?''
A:-she wondered whether she would ever forget me
B:-She wondered whether I shall forget him
C:-She wondered if she forgot me
D:-She wondered whether she ever forgot me
 Answer:- Option-A

Question91:-ശരിയായ പദേമത്?
A:-അനുസ്യൂതം    
B:-അനസ്യൂതം  
C:-അനസ്യതം
D:-അനുസുതം
Answer:- Option-A

Question92:-''ഋജു- വിപരീതപദം
A:-പ്രയാസം
B:-വക്രം  
C:-മൃദു
D:-നീചം
Answer:- Option-B

Question93:-''മുൻകൂട്ടികാണാൻ കഴിയുന്നയാൾ'' - ഒറ്റപ്പദമേത്
A:-ക്രാന്തദർശി
B:-നിശാചരൻ
C:-കമലജൻ
D:-നിയോക്താവ്
Answer:- Option-A

Question94:-''എണ്ണൂറ്‌'' - പിരിച്ചെഴുതുക
A:- എൻ +നൂറ്
B:- എട്ട്‌ + നൂറ്
C:- എണ്ണ് + നൂറ്
D:-എൺ +നൂറ്
Answer:- Option-D

Question95:-''കല്ലോലം '' പര്യായപദേമത്?
A:- കാരുണ്യം , ദയ, കൃപ
B:- ചിത്രം , വിസ്മയം , ആശ്ചര്യം
C:- ഉല്ലോലം, ആഹ്ലാദം , സന്തോഷം
D:-മോഹം , അഭിലാഷം, ഇച്ഛ
Answer:- Option-C

Question96:-വിദ്വാൻ  എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ  സ്ത്രീലിംഗ വചനം ഏത്?
A:-വിഭുഷി
B:-വിദുഷി
C:- വിദ്വേഷി
D:-വിഭോഷി
Answer:- Option-B

Question97:-''Building castles in the air'' ശരിയായി പരിഭാഷപ്പെടുത്തുക
A:-കിംവദന്തി
B:-സ്വഭാവഹത്യ
C:-ഒറ്റുകാരൻ
D:-പകൽക്കിനാവ്
Answer:- Option-D

Question98:- ചേർത്തെഴുതുക  - ''വിൺ + തലം''
A:-വിണ്ടലം
B:-വിണ്ണലം
C:-വിൺതലം
D:-വിൺത്തലം
 Answer:- Option-A

Question99:-ശരിയായ വാക്യമേത് ?
A:-നാളെയോ മറ്റന്നാളോ നമുക്ക് തമ്മിൽ ഒരുമിച്ചു  കാണാം
B:-നാളെയും മറ്റന്നാളും നമുക്ക്  ഒന്നിച്ച് തമ്മിൽ കാണാം
C:-നമുക്ക് തമ്മിൽ  ഒന്നിച്ച് നാളെയോ മറ്റന്നാളോ  കാണാം
D:-നാളെയോ മറ്റന്നാളോ  നമുക്ക് തമ്മിൽ കാണാം
 Answer:- Option-D

Question100:-''അനാഘ്രാതകുസുമം എന്ന ശൈലികൊണ്ട്  അർത്ഥമാക്കുന്നതെന്ത്?
A: ആക്ഷേപിച്ചു പറയുക 
B:-ശുഭസൂചന  നൽകുക
C:-ആരും   ഉപേയാഗിക്കാത്തത്‌
D:-പരാക്രമശാലി
 Answer:- Option-C