2017 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2017 · GS Paper I

Question 15: History and Culture

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

athe participation of workers in the management of industries.
barbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
can intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
da system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (d).

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 set up courts of inquiry and conciliation boards to deal with industrial disputes, and it restricted strikes: strikes in public utility services needed prior notice, and strikes meant to coerce the government or hurt the community were made illegal. That is a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes. It did not provide for workers' participation in management, and it did not give management arbitrary powers or bring in British courts to settle disputes. Remember: 1929 Act favoured compulsory settlement and curbed strikes.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Wrong: workers' participation in management came much later.
  • (b) Wrong: the Act did not give management arbitrary powers.
  • (c) Wrong: disputes went to inquiry courts and boards under the Act, not to British courts.
  • (d) Right: it created machinery for settling disputes and restricted strikes.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2017, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.