UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Feedback is the information that receivers send back to the source about how they have understood or responded to the message. In teaching,questions and quiz scores reveal learners' current level of comprehension. This information helps the teacher modify pace,methods and explanations. Therefore these responses are best described as feedback.

Option A:
Message refers to the original ideas and content sent from teacher to students,not to the responses that come back. Although feedback may become a new message later,it is conceptually distinct from the initial one.

Option B:
Channel denotes the medium of transmission,such as speech or written tests,whereas the question focuses on the information about understanding,not the medium itself.

Option C:
Noise is any unwanted disturbance that interferes with message transmission,while questions and scores are intentional signals used to improve clarity,so they cannot be classified as noise.

Option D:
Feedback closes the communication loop and converts a one way lecture into an interactive process. When teachers read quiz performance,they gain concrete evidence of learning gaps,which is central to formative evaluation. This directly supports choosing feedback as the correct option.

Predictive validity evaluates how well scores on a test taken now can anticipate performance on some important future outcome, such as success in a course or job. It is a form of criterion-related validity in which the criterion is measured later. High predictive validity supports the use of the test for selection and placement decisions. Therefore, when the focus is on forecasting future performance, the relevant type is predictive validity.

Option A:
Concurrent validity involves correlating test scores with a criterion measured at the same time, not at a future point. It is useful for validation but does not match the temporal emphasis in the stem.

Option B:
Predictive validity requires longitudinal evidence, often involving tracking individuals over time and correlating initial test scores with later outcomes. This time-lagged relationship fits the description of forecasting future performance, so this option is correct.

Option C:
Content validity is about coverage of the content domain and does not specifically involve forecasting future behaviours or achievements.

Option D:
Face validity refers to appearance rather than empirical evidence of prediction and thus cannot satisfy the requirement of forecasting future performance.

Feedback involves sending information back to the source about the effectiveness of a message or performance. In ICT based learning, quizzes that immediately show scores and explanations give students feedback on their understanding. This supports self regulation and instructional improvement. Hence, the communication function being supported is feedback.

Option A:
Option A is correct because feedback is recognised in educational communication models as the response that informs both teacher and learner about learning progress.

Option B:
Option B, control, can be a managerial function but does not specifically describe the information returned about learning outcomes.

Option C:
Option C, entertainment, may motivate learners but is not the central communicative function described.

Option D:
Option D, noise, refers to disturbances in communication, not to structured responses on performance.