Work­men's Com­pen­sa­tion Act 1923

MCQs points on Work­men's

Com­pen­sa­tion Act 1923

1. Un­der Work­men’s 
Com­pen­sa­tion Act, 1923 the 
ap­pro­pri­ate gov­ern­ment shall 
ap­point man­ag­ing agent.

2. The name of Workmen’s Compensation Act 

leg­is­la­tions has been re­cently changed.

3. fol­low­ing state­ments re­lat­ing to the Em­ploy­ees’ Com­pen­sa­tion Act is true.

(A) This Act has a link with the Work­men’s

Com­pen­sa­tion Act

(B) This act is the out­come of the amend­ment that was made to the Work­men’s Com­pen­sa­tion Act.

(C) This act has a pro­vi­sion re­lat­ing to

per­ma­nent par­tial dis­able­ment.

4. In­dus­trial ac­ci­dents oc­cur 
in­ter-alia due to

fa­tigue. Fa­tigue is the re­sult of 
per­sonal health

con­di­tion of the worker as well as by over­work,

mo­not­ony and bore­dom as part of work

ex­pe­ri­ence.

5. If there is will­ful re­moval or dis­re­gard by the work­man of any safety guard or other de­vice which he knew to have been pro­vided for the pur­pose of se­cur­ing safety of work­man,

Em­ployer is not li­able to pay 
com­pen­sa­tion.

6.  Un­der Work­men’s Com­pen­sa­tion Act, 1923, fol­low­ing are con­sid­ered as de­pen­dent of de­ceased work­man for the pur­pose of pay­ing

com­pen­sa­tion.

(i) a mi­nor brother or an un­mar­ried sis­ter or a wid­owed sis­ter 

(ii) a wid­owed daugh­ter-in-law 

(iii) a mi­nor child of a pre-de­ceased son 

(iv) a mi­nor child of a pre-de­ceased daugh­ter where no par­ent of the child is alive 

(v) a pa­ter­nal grand­par­ent if no 
par­ent of the work­man is alive.