Communication: Meaning, Types and characteristics:

  1. A basic principle of effective classroom communication is that one should adapt his or her own________________ to the audience. Which of the following would replace the gap?Message
  2. the correct sequence of one way process of communication involves sender, encoding, Messages, channel, Decoding, Reciever
  3. Classroom communication involves the clear decoding of messages by the students
  4. In a classroom, the use of communication technology pre-supposes
    1. New forms of expression and applications
      1. Expression is a component of non-verbal communication.
      2. Expressive communication is driven by Encoder’s personality characteristics.
      3. The emotional basis has the ability to read others facial expressions.
  5. In a classroom, content produced for a specific user will lead to Personalization.
    1. In the linear model of communication,a teacher in the classroom presents a structured content.
    1. So, semantic accuracy is taken care to prepare a structured content.
    2. Using the projection technology, facilitates personalised coverage of course contents.
  6. The sequential order of elements in classroom communication is
    1. Awareness, interest, evaluation, knowledge
    2. the correct sequence of communication includes  Exposure-information-persuasion-Behavioural change
    1. the following sequence correctly depicts the linear communication model between teacher and students  Encode > Symbols > Message > Channel
  7. Connotative communication inside the classroom is direct.
    1. In the linear communication model the process between teacher and students  involves
    2. Encode > Symbols > Message > Channel.
  8. In the communication process, signs derive meanings through,
    1. The network of inter-relations
    2. A communication process can be considered complete when  the receiver understands the message.
    3. More control over the communication process means more control over what the students are learning.
    4. Effective teaching in the classroom demands knowledge of the communication process.
  9. Language of communication also constitutes – The social world
    1. Communication is a learnt ability and not a universal panacea.
    2. In communication, language is the verbal code.
  10. In a classroom, delayed feedback can happen due to
    1. Semantic noise
      1. semantic barrier of communication is the receiver does not understand the meaning of the message.
      2. So, semantic noice should be resolved with immediate feedback to overcome communication barrier.
  11. Set-1 (Communication Elements) Set-2 (Description of process Part)
    1. Sender – Sensory organs
    2. Receiver – Brain
    3. Message – Electro-magnetic impulses
    4. Medium – The central nervous system
  12. In analog communication, contents are considered to be Static.
  13. ‘Non-content behaviors such as rate of speaking, loudness, tendency to interrupt and pronunciation peculiarities’ are referred to as —————– behaviors- Extra- linguistic
    1. The components of para language. communication includes Voice, Emphasis, and Impression.
  14. In the communication process, body language is associated with a culture.
    1. Educational communication is dependent upon the skills of verbal communication and body language.
    2. As language it is inseparable from the culture, it’s very source of sustenance is fundamental to communication
  15. Local and face to face communication is referred to as Social Integration.
    1. On the criteria of interactivity and dynamism of communication the best situation for teaching  is Face-to-face classroom teaching.
    2. In carrying out such communication practices one stays Motivated, organised and participative.
  16. In a classroom situation, a teacher organizes group discussions to help arrive at a solution to a problem. In terms of a model of communication used, it will be called a transactional model
    1. When learners are given themes on which they are required to hold discussion and arrive at a solution.
    2. So, Classroom communication becomes a transactional process, which is the basis of Social identity.
  17. Choose the correct sequence of communication from the options given below:
    1. Exposure-information-persuasion-Behavioural change
      1. In pre-learning preparation, an important stage of communication is information acquisition and its processing.
      2. the process of communication includes Message –> Sender(source) —> Encoding(message) —> Communication Channel —> Receiver —> Decoding —> Acting —> Feedback.
  18. Assertion (A): Communication presupposes a shared, symbolic environment, a social relationship even among non-participants.
    1. Reason(R): It leads to social interaction, which in combination with other factors contribute to a sense of community
    1. (A) is false but (R) is true
    1. Communication promotes social interaction which requires skills like verbal communication, body language and knowledge about audience needs.
  19. The dance of the honeybee conveying to other bees where nectar will be found is an example of Group communication
    1. Organisational communication can be equated with group communication.
  20. Which of the following signifies non-verbal communication is an essential way?
    1. The dress code followed by an individual. Non-verbal communication is mostly unstructured and informal in nature.
    2. Internal cues of non-verbal behavior in the classroom helps in interpersonal communication.
  21. Which of the following is the stage of intrapersonal communication?Transcendental communication 
    1. Communication with oneself is known as:  Intrapersonal communication.
  22. A teacher while offering feedback in a classroom transaction utters “No, you are incorrect”. This will be called Corrective type of feedback
  23. The correct sequence of decoding process of communication in the classroom  sensory involvement, Interpretation, Evaluation, feedback.
    1. Swapping of encoder-decoder roles in communication happens due to  feedback analysis.
    2. The immediacy of feedback is essential for good classroom communication.
  24. In both mass communication and classroom communication, filtering of information and contents is referred to as Gatekeeping
    1. In a classroom, the content produced for a specific user will lead to  Personalization.
  25. The sequential order of elements in classroom communication is  Awareness, interest, evaluation, knowledge.
    1. In a linear communication  –  A teacher in the classroom presents a structured content
  26. Which of the following is a characteristic of interpersonal communication?
    1. It is both focused and unfocused
    2. Interpersonal relations of learners with teachers is a learner characteristic that will be helpful in ensuring the effectiveness of teaching.
    3. Internal cues of non-verbal behavior in the classroom helps in interpersonal communication
  27. Match Set-A with Set-B.:A (Media) -B (Transmission/Communication)
    1. Audio – Frequency Modulation
    2. Advertising – Non-personal communication
    3. Internet – Bandwidth
    4. Newspaper – Linear Communication
  28. The interpretational aspects that include advertising and public relations shape and influence public opinion.
    1. A teacher in the classroom presents a structured content by using newspaper.
  29. In the context of communication, the usual sequence is
    1. Communication → Language →Society → Civilization
    2. Sensory involvement, Interpretation, Evaluation, Feedback – the correct sequence of decoding process of communication in the classroom.
  30. A communication process can be considered complete when the sender transmits the message
    1. The receiver understands the message the correct sequence of one way process of communication sender, encoding, Messages, channel, Decoding, Receiver
  31. Swapping of encoder-decoder roles in communication happens due to feedback analysis.
    1. Feedback strengthens communication process.
  32. A customer writes to a bank,’ Kindly send me a statement of my transactions in my savings bank account ‘A’ during the last three months’. In terms of communication, it will be called
    1. Message
  33. Set — I (Types of the listener) Set — Il (Characteristics involved in Communication )
    1. Non-Listener (i) is engaged in information other than the one need
    2. Marginal Listener- pays heed to the communicated information occasionally
    3. Evaluative Listener – receives information without processing the significance in the context of communication
    4. Active Listener – looks into the relevance of the information for understanding its implication.
      1. To understand students and intended listening proves the ability of an effective classroom communicator.
      2. Intensive listener focus facilitates Classroom communication.
  34. Non-verbal communication is mostly Unstructured.
    1. Before any presentation in classroom an effective communicator starts with an Ice-breaker.
    2. It involves non-verbal communication that helps to deliver the message meaningfully.
  35. In the context of a classroom teaching ‘Smiles or Frowns’ when used as non-verbal cues, tend to perform which of the following basic functions?
    1. Substitute function Non-verbal cues is essential for good classroom communication.
    2. Internal cues of non-verbal behavior in the classroom help diagnose Interpersonal dynamics.

Effective communication:

  1. Communication through colors can result in
    1. Aesthetic codes
    2. Cultural codes
      1. In the communication process, body language is associated with culture
      2. Language is inseparable from the culture which is its very source of sustenance and fundamental to communication.
      3. The chronological order of non-verbal communication is Signs, symbols, codes, colours.
  2. Since most interactions with other people take place at a highly superficial level, making good ______________________ becomes difficult.Predictions
    1. Predictions become difficult in reporting the performance of a group after the teacher decides to form six groups of students and assigns a sub-theme to each group for discussion.
    2. As performance level of individual student varies depending on their cognitive capacity.
  3. The cognitive domain of communication involves matters related to Knowledge
    1. The sequential order of elements in classroom communication is  Awareness, interest, evaluation, knowledge.
    2. Cognitive domain deals with the ability to solve an abstract problem
  4. Assertion (A): No enculturation takes place with resistance.
    1. Reason (R): People have their own values and self –interest that filter Communicated message
    1. (A) is false, but (R) is true
    1. Communication helps in establishing a viewpoint that enhances message reception to audience needs.
  5. Identify the reasoning in the following argument:
    1. ‘Pre active stage of classroom teaching is important just as pre-learning preparation stage of communication’-Analogical
  6. A basic principle of effective classroom communication is that one should adapt his or her own message to the audience.
    1. It involves the clear decoding of messages by the students
    2. In any instituion, the technology upgradation relates to improve the quality aspect of the reception of the message.
  7. Which of the following elements a good classroom communication should adopt?
    1. Concreteness
    1. Courtesy
    2. Coherence
      1. A basic principle of effective classroom communication is that one should adapt his or her own message  to the audience.
      2. Inorder to do it the above elements are advocated for a teacher to be effective, thereby conducting classroom communication in a purposeful and pragmatic way.

Barriers to effective communication:-

  1. Some of the barriers to effective communication are
    1. Polysemy
    2. Use of Cliche’s
      1. Barriers – Moralising, being judgemental and comments of consolation.
      2. Polysemy – Creates confusion among learners as there are many meanings attached to a single word.
      3. Focused listening helps to overcome communication barriers.
  2. Which of the following are barriers to effective communication?
    1. Physical noise
    2. Semantic noise
    3. Psychological noise
      1. So, the the Semantic barriers in formal ‘ communication are problem of language and absence of clarity and precision in the subject.
      2. In the linear model of communication, semantic accuracy is the foremost in content delivery.
  3. A key element for effective classroom communication is advocacy.
    1. Teaching aids are used by the teacher to bring clarity in language while making a presentation.
    1. It also helps in presenting the consistency of the content to manage effective classroom communication.
  4. The semantic barrier of communication is implied when the reciever does not understand the meaning of the message
    1. In the linear model of communication, the expected result is  semantic accuracy.
    2. In a classroom, delayed feedback can happen due to Semantic noise.
  5. In a classroom, a student to be an effective listener has to take note of
    1. The academic content and
    2. Communication Distractions
    3. In the linear classroom communication, a teacher in the classroom presents a structured content.
    4. Classroom communication behaviours imply making the contents relevant.
    5. Verbal sign post acts as means to understand the content.
  6. Which of the following principles a good communicator should follow?
    1. He should stay organized
    2. He must adjust to the medium
    3. He should prefer the method of story-telling
      1. Empathy is essential for effective communication between the communicator and the communication.
      2. It makes them connect with the audience by understanding their needs.
      3. So  the communicator adjust to the medium to follow principles a good communication effective writing useful for both students and teachers are clarity, consciousness and correctness.

Mass media and society:

  1. Assertion (A): The correlation function of mass media is vital for any society.
    1. Reason(R): The interpretational aspects that includes advertising and public relations shape and influence public opinion.
    1. Both A and R are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
    1. Audiences are active in using mass media,  people use them the way they like.
    2. So, a function of mass media is  to transmit culture by the usual sequence communication → Language →Society → Civilization
  2. Assertion: Media entertainment does not enhance the cultural level of society
    1. Reason: Most media entertainment encourages escapism, not content quality.
    2. Choose the correct answer:
      1. Both A and R are true, R is the correct explanation of A
      2. Both A and R are true, R is the incorrect explanation of A
      3. A is true but R is false
      4. A is false but R is true
        1. Today’s media-society equation is largely  Consumer conscious.
        2. However the characteristic of modern media  is Capital Intensive.
        3. Gatekeeping by media to ensure what audiences consume is indicative of  media’s control over society.
    3. Assertion (A): Communication has the power to inform, persuade and misinform.
      1. Reason(R): Propaganda blurs the thin line between truth and falsehood to be persuasive.
      1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
        1. Audiences are active in using mass media,which becomes vital for society.
  3. Which of the following is a function of mass media?
    1. To transmit culture
      1. Language is inseparable from the culture as it becomes fundamental to communication.
      2. Body language is associated with the culture.
      3. The combination of computing, telecommunications and media in a digital atmosphere is referred to as convergence platforms.
  4. Today’s media-society equation is largely consumer conscious.
    1. A characteristic of modern media is Capital Intensive that influences consumers decisions.
    2. So what audiences consume is indicative of media’s control over society.
    3. Moreover, audiences are active in using mass media to explore information.
  5. Identify the reasoning in the following argument:
    1. ‘Use of teaching aids in the classroom to enhance learning is important in a similar way as that of the use of ICT for production knowledge’.
    1. Analogical
  6. Which of the following is a characteristic of modern media?
    1. Capital Intensive
    2. Gatekeeping by media to ensure what audiences consume which is indicative of Media’s control of society
    3. Modern communication techniques make open universities as non-traditional universities.
    4. Mass media do not have pre-determined functions for everyone and people use them the way they like so the audiences are active.
  7. We listen attentively to and favorably interpret messages which boost our self-image, and reject or misinterpret messages which threaten that image. This is called:
    1. Communication selectivity
      1. The sequence of stages of message processing Perception, Understanding, selection, Internalization and Action.
        1. The correct sequence of selectivity stages in mass communication
          1. Exposure, attention, Perception, retention, attitudinal change
  8. Gatekeeping by media to ensure what audiences consume is indicative of
    1. Media’s control of society
    2. Today’s media-society equation is largely  Consumer conscious.
    3. So,  a characteristic of modern media  Capital Intensive.
  9. Identify the reasoning in the following argument:
    1. “Method of teaching in the classroom can be compared to architectural plan of a building”.
      1. Analogical
  10. Assertion: The ‘arts’ have grown out of the fundamental desire and need to communicate.
    1. Reason (R): Language is inseparable from the culture which is its very source of sustenance and fundamental to communication.
    1. Choose the correct option:
      1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
      2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
      3. (A) is true but (R) is false
      4. (A) is false but (R) is true
        1. In communication, the language is the verbal code.
        2. So ancient scriptures become significant in transfer of knowledge through this communication.
  11. Mass media do not have pre-determined functions for everyone and people use them the way they like. This is suggestive of the fact that,
    1. Audiences are active
    2. Today’s media-society equation is largely  Consumer conscious.
    1. a characteristic of modern media tends to be Capital Intensive.
    2. Gatekeeping by media to ensure what audiences consume is indicative of  media’s control of society
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