In a classroom situation, a teacher organizes group discussion to help arrive at a solution of a problem. In terms of a model of communication used, it will be called
A transactional model
In a group discussion organised to solve a problem, every participant both sends and receives messages at the same time; roles of speaker and listener are continuously exchanged, meaning is built jointly, and feedback is simultaneous. A model in which communicators act as senders and receivers at once, co-creating meaning in a shared context, is the transactional model.
The interaction model treats communication as an alternating exchange — one person speaks, then the other responds with feedback in turns — which is less simultaneous than the mutual, ongoing meaning-making of a lively discussion. A horizontal model merely refers to communication among equals on the same level and does not capture the simultaneous sender-receiver dynamic. A linear model is strictly one-way, from source to receiver with no feedback, which plainly does not describe an interactive problem-solving discussion. The rich, two-way, simultaneous nature of the group discussion fits the transactional model best.
Correct answer: A transactional model
Given below are two statements:
Statement I : The linear model of communication is used for generating intentional results.
Statement II : The linear model of communication was the basis of propaganda during the World War II.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Swapping of encoder-decoder roles in communication happens due to
In the communication process, signs derive meanings through:
Match the following.
| Set – I (Communication elements) | Set – II (Description of process part) |
| (a) Sender | (i) Brain |
| (b) Receiver | (iv) Sensory organs |
| (c) Message | (ii) Electro-magnetic impulses |
| (d) Medium | (iii) The central nervous system |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Choose the correct sequence of communication from the options given below:
Which of the following sequence correctly depicts the linear communication model between teacher and students.
Signs are considered as secondary products of :
Find the odd one from below:
Feedback makes the classroom communication process:
(a) Linear
(b) Circular
(c) Complete
(d) Interactive
(e) Disorganized
Communication variables involved in a model of performance are:
(a) Encoding
(b) Decoding
(c) Passive resistance
(d) Channelisation
(e) Indifference
Select the correct option from the code given below:
The faces of a cube are numbered 1 to 6. Four different positions of the cube are shown below :

The number on the face opposite to 2 is: