UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The channel is the medium through which an encoded message travels from sender to receiver. A messaging app carries text,images or audio from the teacher to students. Thus it functions as the channel in this communication situation.

Option A:
The sender is the teacher who creates and sends the notes,not the app itself.

Option B:
The receiver is the student who reads the notes and interprets them. The stem asks about the medium,not the person.

Option C:
The notes themselves are the message that contains content,not the pathway along which they travel.

Option D:
Channel correctly labels the technological path enabling transmission,making it the right completion here.

In the Shannon–Weaver model,the channel is the physical medium that carries the encoded signal from source to destination. Examples include air for spoken sound,telephone wires for electrical signals and radio waves for broadcast transmission. The stem lists exactly such paths,which identifies the concept of channel. Hence channel is the right answer.

Option A:
Channel is essential because its properties such as bandwidth and noise level affect how faithfully the message is delivered. Choosing an appropriate channel is therefore a key task in effective communication planning. This option matches both the definition and the examples in the stem.

Option B:
Message refers to the content or information being conveyed,not the physical path it travels on. Confusing the two would blur an important distinction in communication models,so message is not suitable.

Option C:
Feedback is the response from receiver back to source and does not describe the medium of initial transmission. It is a separate stage in the communication loop.

Option D:
Code is the symbol system,such as language or images,that represents the message. It answers the question "in what form" rather than "through what physical path." Therefore it does not complete the sentence accurately.