Rajat reached late to office as he had met with an accident on the way to office. He was very tensed as the expenses on repairs were going to be high. In the office, during a departmental meeting, Rajat was not attentive as he was still thinking about the expenses on the repair of his car. Due to which he was not able to understand the data of the departmental meeting.

Identify the element of communication process due to which Rajat was not able to understand the data given in the departmental meeting. 

Noise

The correct answer is Option (2) → Noise.

The element of the communication process due to which Rajat was not able to understand the data given in the departmental meeting is Noise as he is inattentive in meeting.

In communication, Noise means some obstruction or hindrance to communication. This hindrance may be caused to sender, message or receiver. Some examples of noise are:
(a) Ambiguous symbols that lead to faulty encoding.
(b) A poor telephone connection.
(c) An inattentive receiver.
(d) Faulty decoding (attaching wrong meanings to message).
(e) Prejudices obstructing the poor understanding of message.
(f ) Gestures and postures that may distort the message.