A method and an apparatus are provided for receiving information by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a request message including a preamble; receiving, from the base station, a response message including uplink resource information determined based on the preamble; determining at least one of downlink channel information and uplink transmission capability corresponding to a specific uplink transmission; and transmitting, if an information request message is received from the base station, the at least one of the downlink channel information and the uplink transmission capability to the base station.