Correct answer: (d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
Explanation
- A
the participation of workers in the management of industries.
(a) Participation of workers in management. That idea is later industrial-democracy language, not the 1929 Act. It is not the key.
- B
arbitrary powers to the management to quell industrial disputes.
(b) Arbitrary powers to management to quell disputes. The Act did not simply hand managers a free truncheon. It is not the key.
- C
an intervention by the British Court in the event of a trade dispute.
(c) Intervention by the British Court in a trade dispute. The statute set up a domestic tribunal route, not routine British-court takeover. It is not the key.
- D
a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes.
(d) A system of tribunals and a ban on strikes. The Trade Disputes Act, 1929 provided Courts of Inquiry / Conciliation Boards and made certain strikes and lockouts illegal (especially in public utility services without notice). That is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) a system of tribunals and a ban on strikes. The 1929 Act created inquiry and conciliation machinery and criminalised specified strikes and lockouts, particularly sudden strikes in public utilities. It was a colonial industrial-relations statute, not workers’ participation in management and not a blank cheque of arbitrary managerial power. The later Trade Disputes Act, 1947 and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 are the neighbouring laws.