{"id":2620,"date":"2025-05-05T21:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:03:05","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-153","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The Factories Act, 1881 was passed with a view to fix the wages of industrial workers and to allow the workers\u00a0to form trade unions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. N.M. Lokhande was a pioneer in organizing the labour movement in British India.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the above statements is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      The Factories Act, 1881:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Purpose:<\/strong>\n
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        • The Factories Act, 1881 was enacted under the viceroyalty of\u00a0Lord Ripon to improve the working conditions of laborers, focusing primarily on child labor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Children\u2019s Employment Restrictions:<\/strong>\n
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          • The Act\u00a0prohibited the employment of children under the age of seven\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0limited the working hours for children under 12 years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Safety and Rest Provisions:<\/strong>\n
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            • It introduced mandatory rest periods and required that dangerous machinery be fenced properly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The Act introduced provisions for\u00a0mandatory rest periods<\/strong>, including a\u00a0one-hour break<\/strong>\u00a0during the workday, and mandated\u00a0four holidays per month<\/strong>\u00a0for workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • No Mention of Wages or Trade Unions:<\/strong>\n
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              • The Act did not address the fixation of wages or the formation of trade unions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Scope:<\/strong>\n
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                • While the Act was a significant step, its scope was limited, applying only to factories using mechanical power and employing\u00a0at least 100 workers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                  N.M. Lokhande and the Labour Movement<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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                  • Labour Pioneer:<\/strong>\u00a0Narayan Meghaji Lokhande was the\u00a0father of trade union movement<\/strong>\u00a0in India.\n
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                    • N.M. Lokhande was a key figure in organizing the\u00a0labour movement in British India, especially in the textile industry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Social Work:<\/strong>\u00a0He also worked on communal and caste-related issues affecting workers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Which of the above statements is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only The Factories Act, 1881: N.M. Lokhande and the Labour Movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[56],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-56"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":56,"label":"2017"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}