Question 7
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension
2025
Medium
MCQ
+3.00 marks · -1.00 negative
The given sentence is missing in the paragraph below. Decide where it best fits among the options 1, 2, 3, or 4 indicated in the paragraph. Sentence: In each of the affected males, the genetic defect was located to the X chromosome in the region of p11-12. Paragraph: The first suggested evidence of a human genetic mutation associated with aggressive behaviour came from a study in 1993. ____________(1)____________. Genetic and metabolic studies were conducted on a large Dutch family in which several of the males has a syndrome of borderline mental retardation and abnormal behaviour. ____________(2)_____________. The undesirable behaviour included impulsive aggression, arson and exhibitionism. _______________(3)_____________. A point mutation was identified in the eighth exon of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) structural gene which changes glutamine to a termination codon. ___________(4)____________.
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