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Question : 26

Consider the following statements about Tata steel:

  1. It is Asia’s first privately own integrated iron and steel plant.
  2. It is the first company outside Japan to get the Deming application prize in 2008 for excellence in total quality management
  3. Immediately after the enactment of the Provident Fund Law in India, Tata steel introduced a provident fund for its employees.
  4. It is the first company in the world to get social accountability 8000 certifications from the social accountability international from the USA.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 3 and 4

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (a)

Tata Steel is Asia's first privately owned integrated iron and steel plant. It is the first company outside Japan to get the Doming Application Prize in 2008 for excellence in total quality management.

Tata Steel started a provident fund for its employees as early as 1920, however, it became a law for all employers under the Provident Fund Act only in 1952.

Question : 27

Which of the following is related to the EPCG scheme of central government ?

a) Communication

b) Foreign Investment

c) Banking

d) Foreign Trade

Answer: (d)

The Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme was one of the several export promotion initiatives launched by the government in the early ‘90s.

The basic purpose of the scheme was to allow exporters to import machinery and equipment at affordable prices so that they can produce quality products for the export market.

Question : 28

‘Udyog Bandhu’ is a/an?

a) organisation to assist industrial units in solving time bound establishment and investment related problems

b) labour supplying agency

c) sick industry rehabilitation agency

d) agency for financing industrial development

Answer: (a)

“Udyog Bandhu” is an organization of the State Government of Uttar Pradesh. It assists industrial units in solving time bound establishment and investment related problems relating to existing and up-coming industries as well.

Question : 29

What are government-owned companies?

  1. They are primarily meant to provide essential services such as railways.
  2. They are public enterprises that came into existence by a Special Act of the Parliament.
  3. They are companies in which 51% or more of the paid-up capital is held by the central or any state government (partly or wholly by both).
  4. They are set up whenever it is felt that certain functions need to be discharged outside the governmental set-up with some amount of independence and flexibility without day-to-day interference from the governmental machinery

a) Only II

b) I & III

c) Only III

d) None of the above

Answer: (c)

Government-owned or controlled companies refer to companies in which 51% or more of the paid-up capital is held by the central or any state government (partly or wholly by both).

It is registered under the Indian Companies Act and is fully governed by the provisions of this Act.

Question : 30

Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR), a public sector undertaking is under the administration control of which of the following ministries?

a) Ministry of Railways

b) Heavy Industry

c) Small scale

d) Shipping Road Transport and Highways

Answer: (a)

Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR) is a Navratna Public sector undertaking under the Indian Ministry of Railways.

Incorporated in March 1988 under the Companies Act, CONCOR commenced operations in November 1989 taking over an existing network of seven inland container depots (ICDs) from Indian Railways.

It now has a network of 61 ICDs/CFSs (Container Freight Stations) throughout India.

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