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Prelims 2017 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 90

The Trade Disputes Act of 1929 provided for

  1. the participation of workers in the management of industries.
  2. arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
  3. an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
  4. a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

Answer

a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.

  • (a) Incorrect. The Trade Disputes Act, 1929 did not provide for workers’ participation in management; that is a much later labour-policy idea.
  • (b) Incorrect. Its main thrust was not to give arbitrary powers to management, but to restrict labour militancy through legal controls.
  • (c) Incorrect. It did not provide for intervention by the British Court as such in trade disputes.
  • (d) Correct. The Act provided for Courts of Inquiry/tribunal-like machinery and imposed restrictions/ban on strikes, especially in public utility services and under certain conditions.

Therefore, the correct answer is (d).

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