Which of the following can be categorised as non-verbal communication? A.…

Concept

Non-verbal communication conveys meaning without relying on the lexical content of spoken or written words. Kinesics covers visible bodily cues such as posture, gestures and facial expressions. Some broader frameworks also place vocalics or paralanguage—qualities such as pitch, volume and tone—under non-verbal communication.

Application

Postures, gestures and facial expressions are the three unambiguous kinesic cues in the list. Pleasant voice is a vocal-quality cue, while vociferous greetings combine spoken greeting content with loud vocal delivery. Among the offered combinations, the set containing postures, gestures and facial expressions is therefore the complete set of bodily non-verbal cues; it also matches the official NTA final answer key for this question.

Contrast

• Pleasant voice, postures and gestures mixes one vocal-quality cue with two bodily cues and omits facial expressions.

• Postures, gestures and vociferous greetings mixes two bodily cues with a vocal greeting and omits facial expressions.

• Gestures, facial expressions and vociferous greetings mixes two bodily cues with a vocal greeting and omits postures.

• Postures, gestures and facial expressions contains all three visible bodily cues.

Therefore, the result is postures, gestures and facial expressions only.