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Sentence completion - 1

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word or phrase. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative.

Q 1: You cannot be happy if you live --------------------------------------- your means. You must always live within it.

beyond
above
over
away

Q 2: They said that the dress would not ------------------------, but it did.

diminish
contract
shorten
shrink

Q 3: In my opinion, she is as innocent as a -----------------------------

baby
child
dove
saint

Q 4: Who is the man --------------------------- asked the questions?

whom
which
who
why

Q 5: Continuous unemployment has induced in the people a kind of --------------------- which is most depressing.

encouragement
laziness
satisfaction
resistance