For a generalised communication system, arrange the following in the…

The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (E), (C), (A), (D)

In every communication system the message follows one path: it starts at the source, is prepared for sending, travels through the medium, is picked up, and reaches the person who uses it.

The information source (B) produces the message signal.

The transmitter (E) converts the message into a form suitable for sending through the channel.

The channel (C) is the medium (wire, cable or free space) that carries the signal.

The receiver (A) picks up the signal and recovers the original message from it.

The user of information (D) finally receives the message.

The order is (B), (E), (C), (A), (D).

Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 07-06-2023 (Slot 3), on 05-06-2023 (Slot 2), on 26-05-2023 (Slot 1) and on 24-05-2023 (Slot 3).

Note: This question is from the pre-rationalised NCERT book (2022-23). The topic was removed from the latest NCERT book (2026-27), and it also appears to be out of the CUET 2026 syllabus.

NCERT (Pre-rationalised edition, 2022-23):
Elements of a Communication System – “… In a communication system, the transmitter is located at one place, the receiver is located at some other place (far or near) separate from the transmitter and the channel is the physical medium that connects them.”

Elements of a Communication System – “… The purpose of the transmitter is to convert the message signal produced by the source of information into a form suitable for transmission through the channel.”

Elements of a Communication System – “… It reconstructs a recognisable form of the original message signal for delivering it to the user of information.”