Question

assertion : infectious disease are caused by microbes. reason non infectious disease are caused mostly by internal causes​

Answer 1

Answer:

it's b option

both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Answer 2

C) Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct expression for assertion.

Disease

• Any slight deviation in the normal functioning of the body is called a disease. On the basis of their communicability, it is classified as infectious and non-infectious.

Communicable disease

• Communicable diseases are of two types infectious and non-infectious diseases. Simply, they are based on the causative factor for the disease.
• Infectious disease- it is formed due to a pathogenic organism like bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc. They are also transmitted from one person to another and are hence called communicable diseases.
• Non-infectious diseases- these diseases are formed due to changes in normal processes of the body organs. It may be due to a defected protein, defected gene, disruption in cell cycle, etc. eg; Cancer, Autoimmune diseases, etc.

Hence, infectious diseases are caused by microbes, and noninfectious diseases are caused by internal causes. but non-infectious diseases is not the cause of infectious disease hence b is not the reason of a