- Always be the initiator and concluder of the GD then being a participant.
- But if you are the participant always try to be the key participant.
- Put points firmly and always try to get other’s support too.
- If you find that the discussion is going off track then never loose an opportunity to bring it back to stream this is The best point to score max.
- Try to keep latest information on the topic.
- Be very polite, people may try to provoke you to to get more points but try to keep cool.
- Most important don't wait for your turn to speak when discussion is on. Interrupt politely if you want to put forward your points.
- Last but not the least keep a tab on the time given for discussion. Score points by wrapping up the discussion if you feel that the discussion is heating but the time is going to be over.
- During conclusion, do end with the conclusion note that shows your leadership quality.
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Best scoring points are: |
- initiation of discussion,
- always keeping/trying to keep discussion on track
- Conclusion on time
- Your capability to keep your cool and listen as well as putting across your points. Be a Leader. GD basically means searching your team player, leadership, communication capability.
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HEXAWARE: |
- Everybody jumping into software field - is it good or bad.
- "EDUCATION AND SUCCESS" DOES IT HAVE A CORRELATION.
- "Whether impact of western culture on Indian culture is a boon or a bane".
- Is internet suitable for Youngsters?
- IS MBA needed?
- What Should India do to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
- Will India need a Dictatorship / Democratic rule now?
- "Two solutions to improve engineering standard"
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ACCENTURE: |
- Advantages and disadvantages of Internet
- Betting in cricket should legalized or not
- Education system in India.
- A discussion on Iraq and America war
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SATYAM: |
- Is it necessary to ban COCO-COLA in India.
- What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good or bad)
- a) Are studies more beneficial in India or in Abroad. b) do u prefer Indian or abroad Education.
- BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY.
- should GD be a part of selection process r not
- should Sonia Gandhi be made a PM or not?
- Whether the brand name is a way of life or not
- India gifted the Future Cup to Australia or not?
- Why is Indian Hockey limping
- "UN's peace activities"
- "America's war on Iraq".
- Who is responsible for the protection of the environment
- Values in an IT Industry
- What should be the retirement age of politicians
- Should India play Against PAK?
- "Environment-Whose Responsibility".
- Is China a threat to the Indian software industry.
- About Hockey being the primary game in India.
- Can America occupy Iraq
- cricket should be banned or not..
- BPO call centers have good impact on younger generation?
- Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
- Government contribution to IT
- Will punch lines rule the Advertisements
- Pre-marital sex.
- India or Rest, which is the land of opportunities
- Water resources should be nationalized
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MINDTREE: |
- If both husband and wife are working in the same organisation.
- Coordination between educational institutions and companies.
- Linux Vs Microsoft. Which will perish?.
- " Do u think Indian IT people are overpaid".
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Satyam GD Probables:[bit OLD] |
---------------------- - US war on iraq-justified or not.
- Role of UN in peacekeeping.
- Position of Women in India compared to other nations.
- Environment Management.
- Is China better than India in software?
- Should Sonia Gandhi be made the PM
- BPOs in INDIA
- Government contribution to IT.
- will punch lines rule the Advertisement
- Premarital sex
- is china a threat to indian industry
- India or west, which is the land of opportunities
- water resources should be nationalized
- "BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY"
- Effect of cinema on Youth
- Education in India compared to Foreign nations
- Is it necessary to ban COCO-COLA in India.
- What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good or bad)
- Are studies more beneficial in India or in Abroad.
- "UN's peace activities" and "America's war on Iraq".
- "Environment-Whose Responsibility".
- Is China a threat to the Indian software industry.
- Role of UN in Peace keeping
- War on Iraq
- About Hockey being the primary game in India.
- Should America occupy Iraq
- Cricket should be banned or not.
- IS CHINA A THREAT TO INDIA
- Present state of Indian Cricket team.
- Love marriage/Arranged marriage.
- Advantages of Co-education.
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IMS Study: |
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The topics of GD can be varied : |
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Hot Topics: |
------------ How to deal with international terrorism.
- Should we pursue our policy of dialogue with Pakistan?
- Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?
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Current Topics: |
---------------- A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped countries like India.
- Is Globalisation Really Necessary?
- What shall we do about our ever-increasing Population?
- Corruption is the price we pay for Democracy.
- Foreign Television Channels are destroying our culture.
- What India needs is a Dictatorship.
- With media publishing and telecasting trivia, censorship is the need of the hour.
- Kaun Banega crorepati is less about knowledge but more about money and personality.
- Beauty contests degrade womanhood
- The rise of regional blocs threatens independent nations like India
- Six billion and one bronze!
- Is dependence on computers a good thing?
- Should the public sector be privatised?
- China and India are similar nations with contrasting ways
- Is India a Soft Nation?
- Value based politics is the need of the hour
- Religion should not be mixed with politics
- How to deal with high oil prices
- Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing
- Why cant we be world players in industry as we are in software?
- Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise?
- Should there be limits on artistic freedom (the controversy on Fire).
- Should there be private universities?
- Does banning fashion shows and New Year parties save our culture?
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Social Topics: |
- Are Big Dams Necessary?
- Films are corrupting the Indian Youth
- A Gandhian State selling liquor is an anomaly
- Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an integral part of India.
- Our Culture is Decaying
- We are not serious about saving Wildlife/Environment
- The education system needs serious reforms
- The impact of MTV on our psyche
- Showing Violence and Crimes should not be allowed in films and on television.
- Let us legalize gambling
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Management Topics: |
- Is management an art or a science?
- The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
- Ethics in Business are just a passing fashion
- The objective of Management is to maximize profits
- Do professional managers have a chance in our family run businesses?
- The Internet is an exercise in hype
- Is an MBA necessary to succeed in life?
- Family owned business vs professionally run businesses
- Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for professional growth.
- Dot com or doubt com?
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Creative Topics: |
- The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
- If I was the Finance Minister/Prime Minister
- There is no right way to do a wrong thing
- Group Task: How can we have Mount Everest in India?
- Do Beauty and Brains Go Together?
- When I woke up in the morning I saw…
- A ship docked in harbor cannot face the storms
- Up the Down Staircase
- Just as we have smoke free zones, we should have child free zones
- Marriage is a social trap
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SOCIAL TOPICS: |
- The Internet chains have come on the wings of science and technology but are no less restrictive for all that.
- Secularism has become a tool to justify the wrongs done by the minorities.
- Media is a mixed blessing/How ethical is media?
- To fight AIDs, stop being coy about sex education.
- What should India strive for- Westernization or modernization?
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ECONOMIC TOPICS: |
- Developing countries need trade, not aid.
- Why do we lag behind China?
- Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse.
- Flexibility of labour laws is the key to attracting more Foreign Direct Investment.
- Is the business of business only business?
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POLITICAL TOPICS: |
- Reserving seats for women in Panchayat has not only been a farce but has distracted from developing a more genuine voice of women.
- Have the nuclear tests of 1998 benefited or harmed India?
- Voters, not, political parties are responsible for the criminalisation of politics.
- The voters are required to be well informed and educated about their candidates so that they can elect the right aspirant by their own assessment.
- India should go for the presidential form of democracy.
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ECONOMIC TOPICS: |
- In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking rather than doing.
- Every cloud has a silver lining
- Can the economy achieve an 8 percent growth rate?.
- Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order?
- Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment?.
- Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become fatally addictive in larger doses.
- Modern day sport in industrialised society is an industry, as anything else.
- Government should clean its own hands before pointing finger at the private sector for corruption.
- Is the NPA ordinance too harsh?
- Reforms have to grow up.
- The future lies with glocalisation .
- Is the consumer really the king in India?.
- Globalisation versus nationalism
- Conditional access system for cable TV watchers: boon or bane?
- If India is poorly governed, the reason is that we have designed our system of governance for protecting, if not encouraging, corruption?
- Commercialisation of health care : Good or Bad ?
- For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
- Is the US economy headed the Japanese economy way?
- Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of development will lead to growth and prosperity
- Markets left to themselves encourage greed.
- For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
- Should businessmen run the finance ministry
- Should important services like transport be left to market forces?.
- Is there any point in having a business strategy when the world changes from month to month?
- Is the patents bill good for India?
- Is the business of business only business?
- Globalization is good for developing countries
- Public sector being a guarantor of job security is a myth.
- Is industry-less growth here to stay ?
- Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse ?
- How can business get rid of the bad name that it has earned?
- Government pumping money into the economy is not the solution for our economic problems
- Business ethics are no longer a luxury for corporates but a necessity?
- How should privatization proceeds be utilized ?
- Is the budgeting exercise of any use?
- Should agricultural subsidies be stopped?
- Will Mumbai's film industry ever evolve into a truly modern corporatized one?
- Will market reforms enrich rich states further, while poorer ones lag further?
- Why do we lag behind China?
- Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies?
- Why not use a brand index to measure national prosperity?
- What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory bodies.
- War rhetoric is misplaced in a country like India which is trying to globalise its economy.
- Trade can help the poor?
- The power ministry should cut off supplies to all the defaulting SEBs.
- Steal a few lakhs and you're a criminal. Steal a few hundred crores and you become an industrialist.
- Should PSUs be divested through strategic sale or public offer?
- The state is above the law?
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- Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience.
- Democracy is hampering India progress.
- MBA in India is highly overrated.
- Religion is a private affair and should be of no concern for the state.
- Decreasing defense expenditure and increasing social expenditure is the need of the hour.
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TCY Online: |
- Public sector is more a hindrance than help to promote socialism.
- Economic betterment of the poorer nations is as important as disarmament to ensure lasting world peace.
- From public sector to privatization as in the U.K., is the right answer for India's instant economic breakthrough.
- The doctrine of "limited nuclear war" is an ill-convinced, ill-logical, irrational and extremely dangerous concept.
- Some simple but effective electoral reforms will enable us to retain the present parliamentary system and ensure the preservation of democracy in India.
- We must have only two national parties to contest parliamentary elections and regional parties should not be allowed to contest for the same.
- We can increase our food production not only to match our population explosion but also for export provided we adopt modern, mechanized farming methods with large size land holdings.
- Nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought.
- Private enterprise and not public sector will contribute to faster and higher economic growth in India.
- Inflation is inevitable in our developing country.
- The policy of reservation is a legacy of the British and it has done more harm than good.
- Do you think MBAs are useful in the manufacturing / production department?
- For a marketing post graduate, without prior work experience working in a big marketing firm is a disadvantage when compared with working in a small firm. Discuss.
- Consumerism is destroying the social fabric of Indian culture.
- Free market is a prerequisite for growth.
- Cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to other sports.
- To develop India has to empower women.
- Formulate the government's health policy to control the spread of AIDS.
- Advertising is a waste of resources.
- Privatization will lead to less corruption.
- State is the biggest violator of human rights.
- There can never be a classless society.
- Beauty pageants are a marketing gimmick.
- Voting rights to illiterates in India is illogical because it is widely misused.
- Joint family is a blessing in disguise.
- Higher education should be made possible only for those who can pay for it.
- The weaker sex is the weakness of the stronger sex.
- Women cannot successfully combine both career and home.
- Women are good managers.
- Executive should be allowed to form unions.
- Effect of liberalization on poverty.
- Indians perform better as individuals rather than in groups.
- Business and ethics go hand in hand, or do they?
- Developing countries should spend more on development than on defense.
- Political parties have outlived their utility.
- Is Swadeshi relevant for India today?
- Money is required to earn more money.
- Foreign trade is necessary for any country to survive .
- Presidential Vs Parliamentary form of government of India.
- Technology: The Ism' Of The New Millennium?
- Religion And Politics Should Not Mix
- TRIPS Controversy And The Patent Act Amendment
- Export Stagnation: Causes And Cures
- Excessive Depiction Of Sex And Violence In Films
- Classical Music Heritage And The Growing Pop-Culture
- Decentralisation & The Panchayati Raj Institutions
- Should India Sign The CTBT
- State Interventions In Market Kind Or Mixed Economy
- Science Is A Boon Or Bane
- Is Swapping Terrorists For Hostages An Encouragement For Plane-Hijackers?
- India and the political dynasties: The Nehru Family context
- Nice Guys Finish Last
- All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy
- Individual Freedom And Civil Society
- Conventionalism And Modernity: The Ever going Debate
- Should There Be A Restriction On Permissiveness? Being propagated by The MTV Culture And Foreign Media?
- Marxism And Its Future All Over The World
- The Growing Menace Of Casteism And Regionalism
- Presidential Form Of Government Is Needed In India
- Bullet For Bullet: Is It The Right Policy?
- Capitation Fees Should Be Abolished
- Arranged Marriages Are Better Than The Love-Marriages
- Brain-Drain Has To Be Stopped
- Business And Ethics Can't / Don't Go Together
- Are women As good as Men Or Inferior?
- Nothing Succeeds Like Success
- The Malthusian Economic Prophecy Is No Longer Relevant
- Secessionism In The North-East: Who's To Blame?
- Should India Break Diplomatic Ties With Pakistan?
- Age and Youth: Experience And Young Talent
- East Is East & West Is Where All The Action Is': Mark Twain
- Freedom Of __Expression And The State Authority.
- Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished
- Tuitions Should Be Banned
- India Needs Gujral Doctrine For Better International Relations
- Doctors' Accountability To Improve Health-Care
- Universal Disarmament Is A Must
- Indian Cricket Team Shouldn't Be Allowed To Play Abroad
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