Question

Person with blood group AB is considered as universal recipient because he has

(a)  Both A and B antigens on RBC but no antibodies in the plasma.

(b)  Both A and B antibodies in the plasma

(c)  No antigen on RBC and no antibody in the plasma.

(d) Both A and B antigens in the plasma but no antibodies

Answer 1

Correct Option (a)  Both A and B antigens on RBC but no antibodies in the plasma.

Explanation:

Blood group AB is universal recipient because the person with AB blood group has both A and B antigens on RBC but no antibodies in the plasma.Other blood group and their genotypes are given below

Blood group	Antigen (s) Present on the RBC	Antibodies present in Serum	Genotypes
A	Antigen-A	Anit-b	AA/AO
B	Anitigen-B	Aniti-a	BB/BO
O	None	Anti-a and b	O