PSSSB Labour Inspector flashcards

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Factories Act weekly limit

Section 51 of the Factories Act, 1948 caps weekly working hours at 48; Section 54 caps daily hours at 9 with rest intervals, and Section 59 mandates double rate for overtime.

Section 25F retrenchment conditions

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 requires one month's written notice or wages in lieu, retrenchment compensation of 15 days' average pay per completed year, and notice to the appropriate government.

Minimum Wages Act Section 12

Employers must pay at least the minimum wage fixed for the scheduled employment; paying less is an offence punishable under Section 22 with imprisonment up to six months or fine.

Payment of Wages Section 7

Permissible deductions from wages include fines, absence, damage, house accommodation and cooperative society dues; total deductions normally cannot exceed 50 percent of wages.

Contract Labour Act threshold

The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 applies to establishments employing 20 or more workmen as contract labour, requiring registration of the principal employer.

Punjab shops and establishments

The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 regulates opening and closing hours, weekly holidays and leave for shops and commercial establishments in Punjab.

Punjab districts count

Punjab comprises 23 districts after Malerkotla was carved out in 2021; Chandigarh serves as the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.

Punjab Assembly seats

The Punjab Legislative Assembly has 117 elected members; the state sends 13 members to the Lok Sabha and 7 to the Rajya Sabha.

Punjab rivers

Only three of the five rivers flow through Punjab: Sutlej, Beas and Ravi; the Chenab and Jhelum flow through Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan.

Punjab Reorganisation Act

Enacted in 1966, the Punjab Reorganisation Act created Punjab and Haryana and transferred hill areas to Himachal Pradesh, effective 1 November 1966.

Bhakra Dam location

Bhakra Dam stands on the Sutlej river in Himachal Pradesh and supplies irrigation and hydropower to Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan through canal systems.

Punjabi University location

Punjabi University is located at Patiala; Punjab Agricultural University is at Ludhiana, and Guru Nanak Dev University is at Amritsar.

Successive percentage change

For successive changes of a percent and b percent, the net change equals a + b + ab/100; a rise of 20 percent then fall of 20 percent gives a net 4 percent fall.

CI minus SI for two years

For two years the difference between compound interest and simple interest equals P multiplied by (R/100) squared, where P is principal and R the annual rate.

Average speed equal distances

When equal distances are covered at speeds x and y, average speed equals 2xy divided by (x + y), which is the harmonic mean, not the arithmetic mean.

Work together formula

If A finishes work in x days and B in y days, working together they finish in xy/(x + y) days; the combined one-day work is 1/x + 1/y.

Equal profit-loss trap

If two articles sell at the same price, one at x percent profit and the other at x percent loss, the seller always suffers a net loss of x squared divided by 100 percent.

Reverse alphabet position

The reverse position of a letter equals 27 minus its forward position; A is 1 forward and 26 reverse, while Z is 26 forward and 1 reverse.

Odd days in years

An ordinary year has 1 odd day and a leap year has 2 odd days; 100 years contain 5 odd days and 400 years contain 0 odd days.

Syllogism validity rule

A conclusion follows only if it is true in every possible Venn diagram satisfying the premises; a conclusion true in just one diagram is not valid.

Blood relation only son

If a man says a person is the only son of his mother, the person is the speaker himself, because the mother has exactly one son.

Subject-verb with one of

In the pattern 'one of + plural noun + verb', the verb agrees with 'one' and stays singular, as in 'One of the boys is absent'.

Since versus for

Use 'since' with a specific starting point in time such as since 2010, and use 'for' with a duration such as for five years.

Comprise usage rule

The verb 'comprise' means to consist of and takes a direct object; write 'the team comprises five members', never 'comprises of'.

Idiom eleventh hour

The idiom 'at the eleventh hour' means at the last possible moment; similarly 'a bolt from the blue' means a sudden unexpected shock.

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਰਣਮਾਲਾ ਅੱਖਰ

ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ ਵਰਣਮਾਲਾ ਵਿੱਚ 10 ਸਵਰ ਅਤੇ 32 ਵਿਅੰਜਨ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ, ਜਿਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨੁਕਤੇ ਵਾਲੇ ਸਹਾਇਕ ਅੱਖਰ ਵੀ ਗਿਣੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਹੁਵਚਨ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹੁਵਚਨ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦੇ ਅੰਤ ਵਿੱਚ 'ਾਂ' ਜਾਂ 'ਆਂ' ਜੋੜਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਤੋਂ ਕਿਤਾਬਾਂ।

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਾਰਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ

ਕਰਤਾ ਕਾਰਕ ਲਈ 'ਨੇ', ਕਰਮ ਲਈ 'ਨੂੰ', ਅਪਾਦਾਨ ਲਈ 'ਤੋਂ', ਸੰਬੰਧ ਲਈ 'ਦਾ/ਦੀ/ਦੇ' ਅਤੇ ਅਧਿਕਰਣ ਲਈ 'ਵਿੱਚ/ਉੱਤੇ' ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Byte and bit relation

One byte consists of 8 bits; 1 kilobyte equals 1024 bytes, 1 megabyte equals 1024 kilobytes, and 1 gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes.

DNS purpose

The Domain Name System translates human-readable domain names such as example.com into numeric IP addresses that computers use to route network traffic.

EPF contribution rates

Under the EPF Act, 1952 the employee contributes 12 percent of basic pay plus dearness allowance; the employer's 12 percent is split as 8.33 percent to pension and 3.67 percent to provident fund.

Gratuity formula

Gratuity equals last drawn basic plus dearness allowance multiplied by 15, divided by 26, then multiplied by completed years of service, subject to the 20 lakh rupee ceiling.