Hypertension & Organ Damage — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptHigh blood pressure leads to heart diseases and also affects vital organs like brain and kidney.
Assertion (A): High blood pressure is a serious health condition requiring medical attention. Reason (R): High blood pressure leads to heart diseases and also affects vital organs like brain and kidney.
View solution & NCERT explanation
Correct answer: A — If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Both statements are true from NCERT principles. The serious nature of hypertension (Assertion) is explained by its harmful effects on multiple organ systems (Reason). NCERT states “High blood pressure leads to heart diseases and also affects vital organs like brain and kidney.”
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Has this concept appeared in NEET?
Which chapter is this from?
Through deep analysis of NEET and NTA, 176 of the 180 ReNEET 2026 (June 21) questions were already in the MedicNEET question bank before the exam.
176/180MedicNEET's Biology question bank is built from the same NCERT lines NTA picks repeatedly. Not random MCQs — questions crafted exactly like NTA crafts them.