Question

Comprehension

Direction: Government expenditure on social services (percentage of total expenditure) -

Sr. No.	items	2011 – 12	2012 – 13	2013 – 14	2014 – 15
	social services	11.06	12.94	13.06	14.04
(i)	Education, Sports and Youth Affairs	4.02	4.04	3.96	4.46
(ii)	Health & Family Welfare	2.05	1.91	1.90	2.03
(iii)	water supply and housing	2.02	2.31	2.20	2.27
(iv)	information and broadcasting	0.22	0.22	0.20	0.22
(v)	SC / ST / OBC Welfare	0.36	0.35	0.41	0.63
(vi)	labor and employment	0.27	0.27	0.22	0.25
(vii)	Social Welfare & Nutrition	0.82	0.72	0.79	1.06
(viii)	North Eastern Region	0.00	1.56	1.50	1.75
(ix)	Other Social Services	1.29	1.55	1.87	1.34
	total government expenditure	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

1. SC / ST / OBC Welfare
2. Health & Family Welfare
3. labor and employment
4. all of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : all of the above

Given:

items	2011 – 12	2012 – 13	2013 – 14	2014 – 15
social services	11.06	12.94	13.06	14.04
labor and employment	0.27	0.27	0.22	0.25
SC / ST / OBC welfare	0.36	0.35	0.41	0.63
Health & Family Welfare	2.05	1.91	1.90	2.03

Calculation:

According to the option,

items	2011 – 12	2012 – 13	2013 – 14	2014 – 15
social services	11.06	12.94	13.06	14.04
labor and employment	11.06 × 0.27/100 = 0.029	12.94 × 0.22/100 = 0.0284	13.06 × 0.22/100 = 0.0287	14.04 × 0.25/100 = 0.0351
SC / ST / OBC welfare	11.06 × 0.36/100 = 0.03	12.94 × 0.35/100 = 0.02	13.06 × 0.41/100 = 0.05	14.04 × 0.63/100 = 0.08
Health & Family Welfare	11.06 × 2.05/100 = 0.226	12.94 × 1.91/100 = 0.247	13.06 × 1.90/100 = 0.248	14.04 × 2.03/100 = 0.285

According to the table, Clearly we can see, 

SC / ST / OBC Welfare, Health & Family Welfare, and labor and employment items have increased progressively every year.

∴ The correct answer is all of the above.