5 votes 5 votes Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence below. ______________ in the frozen wastes of Arctic takes special equipment. To survive Surviving Survival That survival Verbal Aptitude verbal-aptitude gate2011-mn most-appropriate-word + – Akash Kanase asked Dec 19, 2015 edited May 28, 2019 by Lakshman Bhaiya Akash Kanase 2.0k views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 9 votes 9 votes ______________ in the frozen wastes of Arctic takes special equipment. What is taking (requiring) "special equipment"? It is "survival" (noun form) If we use "To survive" (infinitive form)we need to modify the sentence as To survive in the frozen wastes of Arctic, it takes special equipment. "Surviving" is also not correct because we are not having a noun here. PS: "Although a gerund phrase can function as the subject of a sentence, adding an “ing” to a verb does not make it a noun." References: https://www.grammaring.com/the-gerund-as-subject https://www.utdallas.edu/studentsuccess/files/GerundsandInfinitivePhrases.pdf Correct Answer: C "survival". Arjun answered Jun 7, 2019 Arjun comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply jlimbasiya commented Jun 24, 2019 reply Follow Share Why not The Survival? 0 votes 0 votes Arjun commented Jun 24, 2019 reply Follow Share Which is that option? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
1 votes 1 votes Official GATE answer: (A) To survive Akash Kanase answered Dec 19, 2015 Akash Kanase comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply akash.dinkar12 commented Dec 25, 2017 reply Follow Share why survival did not come here??? 1 votes 1 votes Pranavpurkar commented Sep 28, 2022 reply Follow Share A or C? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.