Direction: Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
The beauty of the Japanese landscape is that it conveys philosophical messages through each feature. The use of curving pathways rather than straight lines, for instance. This feature springs from the belief that only evil travels in straight lines, good forces tend to wander. Then, odd numbers of plants and trees are used in these gardens because these numbers are considered auspicious. Even the plants used are symbolic. For example, the Cyprus represents longevity and the bamboo symbolises abundance,’ says Sadhana Roy Choudhary.
The Japan, nature is said to be so closely intertwined with human life that parents actually plant a sapling in their garden when a child is born in the family, letting the growth of the child coincide with the growth of the plants.

The Japanese parents plant a sapling at the time of birth of a child because_____

A’s income is 60% of B’s income, and A’s expenditure is 70% of B’s expenditure. If A’s income is 75% of B’s expenditure, find the ratio of A’s saving to B’s saving?

Direction : What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

3.6 + 36.6 +3.66+0.36+3.0=?

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Left out in cold

Directions: Read the following table and answer the questions below it:

In which of the following banks, there was a continued increase in loan disbursement throughout the years?