Read the following.
Unions demand high wages to counter inflationary pressures on the economic conditions of the working class. Higher wages enhance the purchasing power of the workers, there by raising inflation.
Which of the following inferences are wrong?
1. Unions have the sole purpose of improving the economic conditions of workers.
2. Enhanced wages increase the purchasing power of workers.
3. Inflation and purchasing power are negatively correlated.
4. Inflation drives unions to go for demanding higher wages.
A. 1 and 3
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. Only 3
Answer: Option D
Related Questions on Labour and Social Welfare
Labour movement became a vigorous force in India after . . . . . . . .
A. World War I
B. World War II
C. Panipat War I
D. Panipat War II
A. Improvement in working conditions
B. Adequate wages
C. Provision of rest pauses
D. All of the above
Which of the following recommendations were made by National Commissionon Labour in 1969?
A. Intensification by workers education to get good internal leader
B. The idea of one union for one plant
C. The compulsion of registration under the Trade Union Act, 1926
D. All of the above
A. INTUC, AITUC, NFITU
B. AITUC, NFL, BMS, NLO
C. INTUC, AITUC, HMS, UTUC
D. BMS, HMS, CITU, TUCC

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