True or False Questions
High blood pressure is an infectious disease.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Correct answer: B. False

High blood pressure occurs when the blood flows through the arteries at a pressure that is greater than normal.
It is not caused by any disease-causing organisms, hence it is non-infectious.

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Question 27
Classify the following diseases as infectious or non-infectious.

(a) AIDS
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Cholera
(d) High blood pressure
(e) Heart disease
(f) Pneumonia
(g) Cancer