UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The receiver is the person or group for whom a message is intended. This participant decodes the message and tries to derive meaning from it. In a face to face conversation,the listener performs this interpretive role. Therefore receiver is the correct term for the person described in the stem.

Option A:
The sender is the originator of the message who encodes ideas into symbols. In the situation given,the speaker is the sender,not the listener. So sender does not match the role mentioned.

Option B:
The receiver listens to the message,relates it to prior knowledge and forms understanding. This is exactly what is meant by interpreting and making sense of the message,making receiver the appropriate answer.

Option C:
Noise refers to any interference that distorts the message,such as loud sounds or distractions. It is not a person in the interaction.

Option D:
Context is the surrounding physical and social situation in which communication occurs and cannot be the listener.