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. one
2. three
3. five
4. all of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : three

Given:

Percentage of Expenditure on social services in the year 2012-13 = 12.94

Calculation:

According to the question,

Expenditure on social services in the year 2012-13 of 5% = (5/100) × 12.94 = 0.647

Now, according to the given table,

Clearly, we can see, information and broadcasting(0.22%), SC / ST / OBC Welfare(0.35%), labor and employment(0.27%)

Total = 3 activities.

∴ There are three activities in social services in which less than 5 percent of the total expenditure on social services in the year 2012-13.