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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 44

SSC CHSL - 13th October 2020 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q44

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In 1930, which scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize for describing the human ABO blood group system?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e Karl Landsteiner

  • Karl Landsteiner studied blood types in Europe and in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  • Landsteiner won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1930 for detailing immunological reactions in the ABO blood group system.
  • The ABO blood group system divides human blood into one of four types based on the antibodies that are present on each cell.