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. North Eastern Region
2. SC / ST / OBC welfare
3. information and broadcasting
4. Social Welfare & Nutrition

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : information and broadcasting

Given:

items	2011 – 12	2012 – 13	2013 – 14	2014 – 15
social services	11.06	12.94	13.06	14.04
North Eastern Region	0.00	1.56	1.50	1.75
SC / ST / OBC welfare	0.36	0.35	0.41	0.63
information and broadcasting	0.22	0.22	0.20	0.22
Social Welfare & Nutrition	0.82	0.72	0.79	1.06

Calculation:

 According to the question,

items	2011 – 12	2012 – 13	2013 – 14	2014 – 15
social services	11.06	12.94	13.06	14.04
North Eastern Region	0.00	12.94 × 1.56/100 = 0.201	13.06 × 1.50/100 = 0.19	14.04 × 1.75/100 = 0.24
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
information and broadcasting	11.06 × 0.22/100 = 0.024	12.94 × 0.22/100 = 0.028	13.06 × 0.20/100 = 0.026	14.04 × 0.22/100 = 0.0308
Social Welfare & Nutrition	11.06 × 0.82/100 = 0.0906	12.04 × 0.72/100 = 0.0866	13.06 × 0.79/100 = 0.992	14.04 × 1.06/100 = 0.148

According to the table, Clearly we can see, 

∴ Information and broadcasting functions have remained almost constant in terms of share of expenditure.