Communication for Development in Home Science Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The statement is an extension program.

In extension education, a programme is defined (following Kelsey and Hearne) as a statement of the situation, objectives, problems and solutions. It sets out what the present situation is, what is to be achieved, what problems stand in the way and how they will be solved.

A plan of work is the outline of the activities by which the programme will be carried out, and a calendar of work arranges those activities in time. Evaluation judges results afterwards.

Answer: B

Edgar Dale is recognised for the cone of experience.

In 1946 Edgar Dale arranged learning experiences in a cone, from the most concrete at the base (direct, purposeful experiences) to the most abstract at the top (verbal symbols). It shows teachers and extension workers how audio-visual aids differ in concreteness, and suggests moving from concrete to abstract experiences.

Demonstration, exhibition and contrived experiences are bands within the cone, not what Dale is recognised for; the cone itself is his contribution.

Answer: D

India's broadcasting service is called AIR.

All India Radio, also known as Akashvani, is the national public radio broadcaster, given that name in 1936 and now part of Prasar Bharati. It runs a network of stations across the country with news, educational and entertainment programmes.

Big FM and Club FM are private FM radio channels. Vividh Bharati is one service within AIR, its popular entertainment channel started in 1957, not the name of the broadcasting service as a whole.

Answer: A

A poster is a non-projected visual aid.

A poster is a large printed or drawn sheet with a bold picture and a few words, displayed on a wall or board to put across one idea quickly. It is seen directly, without any equipment, so it is a visual aid of the non-projected kind, like charts, flash cards and flannel graphs.

Projected visual aids, such as slides, filmstrips and overhead transparencies, need a projector. Audio-visual aids, such as films and television, combine sound and sight, and audio aids, such as radio, use sound alone.

Answer: D

Melodrama is not a form of folk drama.

Melodrama is a genre of Western stage and film drama, with exaggerated emotion, sharply drawn heroes and villains and a moral ending. It is a style, not a traditional folk theatre of any region.

The other three are Indian folk theatre forms. Tamasha is the folk theatre of Maharashtra, with song and dance (lavani). Bhavai is the folk theatre of Gujarat, and Nautanki is the folk opera of Uttar Pradesh and northern India. Extension workers use such forms to carry messages to rural audiences.

Answer: B

Communication is complete when the receiver has understood the message.

Communication is a process in which a sender passes a message through a channel to a receiver. It is complete only when the receiver understands the message as the sender intended, which is shown through feedback.

The other options stop short. The sender transmitting the message is only the beginning. A message received by the channel or treated by the channel is still on its way, since the channel only carries it; until the receiver has understood it, the process is incomplete.

Answer: D

The major objective of community radio is social inclusion.

A community radio station is owned and run by a local community, a non-profit organisation or an educational institution, and broadcasts over a small area. Its purpose is to give a voice to people, often marginalised groups, who are poorly served by the mainstream media, with programmes on local issues in local languages, for their development and participation.

Under India's community radio policy, stations must be run on a not-for-profit basis, so economic profit is excluded, and entertainment or infotainment may appear in the programming but is not the main objective.

Answer: C

The satellite is EDU SAT.

EDUSAT (GSAT-3), launched by ISRO on 20 September 2004 aboard the GSLV, was India's first satellite built exclusively for the educational sector. It provided interactive classroom teaching and distance education across the country.

INSAT-B and INSAT-C belong to the INSAT series of multipurpose satellites, used for telecommunication, broadcasting and meteorology, which also carried some educational television, but were not dedicated to education. 'SATEDU' is a distractor that reverses the name.

Answer: C

The electronic medium is radio.

Radio sends its message as electromagnetic signals that a receiver converts to sound, so it is an electronic (broadcast) medium. In extension it reaches large, scattered and even illiterate audiences, as in All India Radio's farm and home programmes.

Newspapers, magazines and folders are print media, read on paper.

Answer: C

Messages are transferred from the source to the receiver.

Communication is the process in which a source sends a message through a channel to a receiver, who interprets it and may respond with feedback. The receiver is the destination of the message.

The channel is the medium the message travels through, the message is what is transferred, and effects are the changes that follow in the receiver. None of these is the point the message is transferred to.