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by nehakhas1 » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:29 am
55. Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry, an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand, such firms tend to be very large.

(A) to survive
(B) of firms to survive
(C) for surviving
(D) for survival
(E) for firms’ survival

Ans B . I am not able to understand why is a wrong
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by blackarrow » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:33 am
IMO B

The firms in the latter part of the sentence need to have a referent, to make the sentence meaningful, this rules out all options other than B and E.

E is wrong because of its possessive case.
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