If the year 2016 were to show the same growth in terms of total sales revenue…

Concept — A percentage growth always measures an increase against the base it grew from: growth % = (new value − base value) ÷ base value × 100. To carry that same growth rate forward by one more year, the latest value is multiplied by the same factor, so the next value = latest value × (1 + growth), which is the same as latest value × (latest value ÷ previous value).

Application — Here the quantity is total sales revenue, so each year's column must first be added down to a single total, and the growth is taken between the 2014 and 2015 totals.

1. Total sales revenue in 2014 = 45 + 46 + 78 = ₹169 lakh.

2. Total sales revenue in 2015 = 44 + 51 + 78 = ₹173 lakh.

3. Growth of 2015 over 2014 = (173 − 169) ÷ 169 = 4 ÷ 169 ≈ 0.0237, that is about 2.37%.

4. Applying the same growth rate to the 2015 figure: revenue in 2016 = 173 × (1 + 0.0237) = 173 × 173 ÷ 169.

5. 173 × 173 = 29929, and 29929 ÷ 169 ≈ 177.09.

6. So the total sales revenue in 2016 must be approximately ₹177 lakh.

Cross-check — Taking 2.37% of 173 gives about 4.1, and 173 + 4.1 ≈ 177.1, which matches the figure obtained above. Because the base moves only from 169 to 173, repeating the same absolute rise of ₹4 lakh also gives 173 + 4 = ₹177 lakh, so both readings of "the same growth" agree in this table.

Contrast — The larger figures follow from choosing the wrong pair of years: the rise from 2012 (₹150 lakh) to 2013 (₹163 lakh) is 13 ÷ 150 ≈ 8.7%, which would project about ₹188 lakh, and the rise from 2012 to 2014 (₹169 lakh) is 19 ÷ 150 ≈ 12.7%, which would project about ₹195 lakh. The question fixes the pair as 2015 over 2014, so only the 4 ÷ 169 rate may be carried forward.