Sides of a triangle are 13 cm, 84 cm and 85 cm. Find its area(in square cm)?

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 pathways tend to be ____

In each of the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate your choice for the correct answer.

I am ______ of winning the competition.

Rahul purchased two different kinds of alcohol. In the first mixture the ratio of alcohol to water is 3:4 and in the second mixture it  is 5:6. If he mixes the two given mixture and makes a third mixture of 18 litres in which the ratio of alcohol to water is 4:5, the quantity of first mixture (whose ratio is 3:4) is required to make the 18 litres of the third kind of mixture is: