Expected Questions For EPFO Enforcement Officer Exam 2021 Set-1

Q) Which state will set up India’s first labour movement museum?

Gujarat
Kerala
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

Q) The Ministry of Labour and Employment launched which portal to monitor the implementation of labour laws at the grassroots level?

PRAGATI
Santusht
Samriddhi
Raahat

Recently the Ministry of Labour & Employment launched ‘Santusht portal’ to monitor the implementation of labour laws and schemes at the grass-root level through constant monitoring.
The objective of the portal is to promote transparency, accountability, effective delivery of public services and implementation of policies, schemes of Ministry of Labour and Employment at grass-root level through constant monitoring.

Q) What was the labour productivity growth in India in FY19?

6.2 per cent
6.3 per cent
4.9 per cent
5.2 per cent

India Ratings and Research Report
India will have to increase its labour productivity growth to 6.3 per cent to attain 8 per cent economic growth. And to attain nine per cent growth, labour productivity growth will have to be raised to 7.3 per cent
The labour productivity growth in FY19 was 5.2 per cent.
India’s labour productivity between 2016 and 2018 grew by just 3.7 per cent

Q) Which of the following state has Charan Paduka initiative for migrant labourers?

Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Madhya Pradesh

Q) Which state has launched two schemes ”Sneher Porosh” for migrant labourers, and ”Prochesta” for workers in the unorganised sector?

Odisha
West Bengal
Jharkhand
Himachal Pradesh

Q) According to the UNGC India study, Female labour-force participation in India has declined from 34% in 2006 to ______in 2020?

24.8%
22.7%
30.3%
32.1%

Female labour-force participation in India has declined from 34% in 2006 to 24.8% in 2020, according to United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) India study
The study found that raising women’s participation in the labour force to the same level as men can boost India’s GDP by 27%.
Gender stereotypes and lack of infrastructure has traditionally sidelined women from core manufacturing functions. As a result, not many are able to reach leadership roles.

Q) Which state inaugurated ‘Shram Siddhi Abhiyan’ to provided jobs to labourers?

Himachal Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan

Q) Which portal was launched by Ministry of Labour and Employment to connect job seekers and employers?

My Rozgaar
Meri Naukri
National Career Service
Labour Samvaad

National Career Service or NCS was a portal introduced by the government of India to connect job seekers and employers.
It is a National ICT based portal that facilitates registration of job seekers, job providers, skill providers, career counsellors, etc.
NCS is not only a portal where you can search for Private and Sarkari jobs; it also provides career counselling content through multiple channels like career centres, mobile devices, CSCs, etc. NCS (National Career Service) is a one-stop destination offering private and government jobs, career counselling, vocational guidance, information on skill development courses, internships and more. A job aspirant can easily register to the portal to get all the latest updates and apply online.

Q) National Program for the youth titled “Responsible AI for Youth” has been launched by which Ministry?

Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and NITI Aayog organized the Mega Virtual Summit on Artificial Intelligence (AI), RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ from October 5-9, 2020.

Q) Which Portal was launched by Madhya Pradesh to provide work to migrant labourers?

Pravasi Rozgaar
Pravasi Rahat Mitra
Rozgar Setu
My Rozgaar

Q) When was World Day Against Child Labour 2020 was observed?

11 June
12 June
10 June
9 June

Q) Which Ministry partnered with UNICEF to mobilise 1 crore youth volunteers to achieve goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat?

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Human Resource Development

Q) A new logo has been launched for which organization of Labour Ministry?

Employees State Insurance Scheme
Employees Provident Fund Organisation
India Labour Archives
Labour Bureau

Q) Which Ministry has launched the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM)?

Ministry of Education
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Ministry of Labour and Employment

Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment launched “Ambedkar Social Innovation & Incubation Mission under Venture Capital fund for SCs(ASIIM)” ASIIM to Support 1000 Start-ups of SC Youth over next 4 Years till 2024
They will be funded @ Rs 30 lakhs in 3 years as equity funding so that they can translate their start-up ideas into commercial ventures. Successful ventures would further qualify for venture funding of up to Rs 5 Crore from the Venture Capital Fund for SCs.

Q) An expert group has been constituted under whose chairmanship by Labour Ministry to evaluate the employment situation in the country?

Santosh Gangwar
Nitin Gadkari
Suresh Prabhu
S.P. Mukherjee

Q) After how many years, India has assumed the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of International Labour Organization?

30 years
35 years
25 years
40 years

India assumed the chairmanship of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) after a gap of 35 years.
Labour secretary Apurva Chandra has been elected as the chairperson of the governing body of the organisation for the period October 2020- June 2021. The governing body is the executive body of the ILO. It meets thrice a year, in March, June and November.
It takes decisions on ILO policy, decides the agenda of the International Labour Conference, adopts the draft programme and budget of the organisation for submission to the conference, and elects the Director-General.
At present, ILO has 187 members.

Q) The Labour and Employment Ministry has revised the base year of the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) from 2001 to which year?