An individual has ‘O’ blood group if his/her blood sample
(a) clumps only when antiserum A is added
(b) clumps only when antiserum B is added
(c) clumps when both antiserum A and antiserum B are added
(d) does not clump when either antiserum A or antiserum B is added
Answer is : (d) does not clump when either antiserum A or antiserum B is added
An individual has ‘O’ blood group if his/her blood sample does not clump when either antiserum ‘A’ or antiserum ‘B’ is added. Antiserum is a blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens. Clumping or Agglutination is the process that occurs if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody. A person with ‘O’ blood group neither have ‘A’ nor ‘B’ antigens on his/her red blood cells, but both ‘a’ and ‘b’ antibodies in his/her plasma. Thus, they are also called as universal donor.