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. labor and employment
2. Health & Family Welfare
3. Social Welfare & Nutrition
4. Education, Sports and Youth Affairs

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : labor and employment

Calculation:

According to the question,

Labor and employment = 0.05/027 × 100 = 18.5%

Health & Family Welfare = 0.15/2.05 × 100 = 7.31%

Social Welfare & Nutrition = 0.03/0.82 × 100 = 3.65%

Education, Sports and Youth Affairs = 0.06/4.02 × 100 = 1.49%

∴ Labor and employment, the maximum decline in expenditure has been found during the years 2011-12 to 2013-14.