To determine the correct completion for the sentence, we need to analyze the context and choose the most appropriate words that fit logically and grammatically. The sentence reads: "The government has to increase its _____ to meet the _____ expenditure."
Let's evaluate each option to find the best fit:
Based on the contextual fit and logical reasoning, Option 4: "revenue....galloping" is the correct answer. Increasing revenue is a typical governmental action to manage or accommodate rapidly increasing, or "galloping," expenditures.
Thus, the correct completion of the sentence is: "The government has to increase its revenue to meet the galloping expenditure."
If the price of a commodity increases by 25%, by what percentage should the consumption be reduced to keep the expenditure the same?
A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above cost price and offers a 10% discount. What is his percentage profit?