UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

A staff meeting involves several individuals exchanging ideas, opinions and decisions in a shared space. This is group communication because more than two people are interacting with mutual awareness inside the institution.

Option A:
Option A, intrapersonal communication, refers to communication within an individual’s own mind, such as thinking or self-talk. A staff meeting involves several people, so it is not intrapersonal.

Option B:
Option B, mass communication, involves addressing large, anonymous audiences through mass media like TV, radio or newspapers, not a small internal meeting.

Option C:
Option C is correct because a staff meeting has a small group of participants interacting face to face within the institution, which is a form of group communication.

Option D:
Option D refers to communication with the external public or outside organizations. A routine staff meeting is internal, not extra-organizational.

Group communication occurs when a small number of people interact face to face sharing information and opinions. Six students discussing a topic while seated together is a typical small group context. Each member can both speak and listen. Hence this is group communication.

Option A:
Mass communication involves media messages sent to very large audiences and not direct round table discussion.

Option B:
Group communication best captures the dynamics in the stem,making this option correct.

Option C:
Intrapersonal communication is thinking within one's own mind and does not involve others.

Option D:
Organisational communication describes flows within larger structures; here the focus is simply on the small group interaction.