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Previous Years Questions from Communication (UGC NTA NET Paper One)

About the Author: Abirlal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor (Amity University), Digital Humanist
Ph.D in English (GITAM, India), M.A. and B.A. in English (B.C.C., B.K.U, India), P.G.D.E. -I by Research (B.C.U, UK), TESOL Prof. Certification (Arizona State University, USA)

Founder, Chair of the Secretaries of University Learner, India School on Internet Governance Fellow 2024, IIM-B, Member of Internet Society, Bangalore, Internal Complaints Committee Member, GITAM Deemed to be University, Bengaluru, Teach for India Fellow 2023 and Fellowship Recruitment Committee, Delhi

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November 2017
  1. The interaction between a teacher and students creates a zone of proximal: Development
  2. The spatial audio reproduction in a classroom can reduce the student’s: Cognitive/mental load in understanding.
  3. The classroom communication should essentially be: Empathetic
  4. A good communicator begins his/her presentation with a/an: Ice breaker.
  5. In a classroom, the probability of message reception can be enhanced by: Establishing a viewpoint.
January 2017
  1. Effective communication pre-supposes: understanding.
  2. When verbal and non-verbal messages are contrary, it is said that most people believe in: Non-verbal messages.
  3. The typical feature of an information-rich classroom lecture is in the nature of being: factual
  4. Expressive communication is derived by: Encoder’s personality characteristics.
  5. Positive classroom communication leads to: Persuasion/ understanding
  6. Classroom communication is the basis of: Social identity
August 2016
  1. Internal and external factors that affect messages reception by the students in the classroom are referred to as: noise
  2. A teacher in a classroom has immediate control over: The self,, selected methods of communication, and the message.
  3. What do communicated words carry in a classroom situation? Power, structure, and tradition.
  4. As a good classroom communicator, you are supposed to know your: Artful pauses
  5. The component of non-verbal communication in a classroom: Facial expression, kinesics/ body movement, personal space, eye contact, hand movement.
  6. Which are the basic factors of effective communication? Acknowledgement of the thoughts, reflection, and asking open ended questions.
July 2016
  1. The choice of communication partners is influenced  by factors of: proximity/closeness, utility, loneliness
  2. Every communicator has to experience: Anticipatory/primary excitement.
  3. As a teacher, what is the best option to ensure your effective presence in the classroom: Adoption of well established posture.
  4. Imagine you are working in an educational institution where people are of equal status. which method of communication is best suited and normally employed in such a context? Horizontal communication.
  5. Identify the important element a teacher has to take cognizance of while addressing students in a classroom.: Voice modulation.
  6. What are the barriers to effective communication? Moralizing, being judgemental, and comments of consolation
December 2015
  1. Using the central point of classroom communication as the beginning of a dynamic pattern of ideas is referred to as: Mind mapping
  2. Aspects of the voice, other than speech are known as: Para language.
  3. Every type of communication is affected by its: Context
  4. Attitudes, actions, and appearances in the context of classroom communication are considered as: Non-Verbal communication
  5. Most often, the teacher-student communication is: Utilitarian
  6. In a classroom, a communicator’s trust level is determined by: Eye contact
June 2015
  1. The effectiveness of communication can be traced from: Attitude surveys, Student’s attendance, Selection of communication channel.
  2. Formal communication is the systematic and orderly flow of information.
  3. Characteristics of communication:
    1. Communication involves the exchange of idea, fact, and opinion.
    2. Communication involves both information and understanding
    3. Communication is a continuous process
    4. Communication is a circular process.
  4. The term ” grapevine” is also known as: Informal communication.
  5. Principle of effective communication: Persuasive and convincing dialogue
  6. Participation of the audience
  7. Strategic use of grapevine.
  8. In communication, the language is the verbal code.
December 2014
  1. The mode of communication that involves a single source transmitting information to a large number of receivers simultaneously, is called: Mass communication
  2. A smart classroom is a teaching space which has:
    1. Smart portion with a touch panel control system.
    2. PC/Laptop connection and DVD/VCR player
    3. Document camera and specialized software
    4. Projector and screen.
  3. The term ‘Yellow Journalism’ refer to: Sensationalism and exaggeration to attend readers/viewers.
  4. In the classroom, the teacher sends the message either as words or images. The students are really: Decoders
June 2014
  1. Break down in verbal communication is described as: Entropy
  2. The telephone method of communication was first developed in the area of: Information theory.
  3. The ‘Dada Saheb Phalke Award’ for 2013 has been conferred on: Gulzar
  4. Photographs are not easy to: Decode
  5. The grains that appear on a television set when operated are also referred to as: Snow
  6. In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is: Feedback
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