Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 1997 GS-I
Question

The "universal donor" is a person whose blood-group is:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: O

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “O”.
Blood group O- is universal donor because it neither has antigen for blood group nor it has the antigen for Rh factor.

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