Some components of the human communication process are given below. Select the correct sequence of their occurrence in a communication process. 1) Feedback 2) Message 3) Noise

The correct sequence is Message (2), Noise (3), Feedback (1), so the answer is C. In the standard linear model, the sender encodes an idea into a message and transmits it through a channel. While the message travels, noise can distort it, whether physical, semantic or psychological. The receiver decodes the message and then responds, and that response reaching the sender is feedback. Feedback comes last because it reacts to what the receiver has understood.

• Option A (1,3,2): Feedback cannot come first, since there is nothing yet to respond to.
• Option B (2,1,3): Feedback is placed before noise, but noise acts during transmission, before the receiver responds.
• Option D (1,2,3): Feedback is placed at the start and noise at the end, so both positions are reversed.

Core concept: the Shannon-Weaver and Schramm models of communication. This connects to Mains GS-IV on effective communication and barriers to it, such as noise in administrative communication.

Trap: aspirants treat noise as a stage after the receiver, or place feedback in the middle. Noise sits in the channel, between sending and receiving.