Float around i I think it is a rumour floating around that she will be promoted soon becau...........

English ( Master) Phrasal Verbs

Directions (Q 1-5): In each of the following questions one phrase has been given and it has been followed by four sentences. You have to find out in which of these sentences phrase has been used properly according to its meaning and mark your answer from the options denoted by a), b), c) and d). Mark e) as your answer if you find that phrase has been applied properly in all the sentences.

Float around

i) I think it is a rumour floating around that she will be promoted soon because she has not got any information from the management in this regard.

ii) I am not able to find the form number 5 but it must be floating around here somewhere.

iii) There is key of my cupboard floating around here somewhere, may I request you to find that?

iv) There is news floating around that SIDBI will declare large number of vacancies in its Ahmadabad branch.

only i &ii

only i, ii& iv

only i, ii &iii

all except iv

all are correct

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Explanation:

Correct Answer is (e).
The phrase “float around” has more than one meaning. These are “if an idea, etc. is floating around, it is talked about by a number of people or passed from one person to another/ You say that an object is floating around when you think it is not faraway but you cannot see exactly where” and phrase has been applied properly in all the sentences.