Group Discussion




What is Group Discussion?


Group Discussion! Is a methodology or in a simple language you may call it an interview process or a group activity. It is used as one of the best tools to select the prospective candidates in a comparative perspective. GD may be used by an interviewer at an organization, colleges or even at different types of management competitions.

A GD is a methodology used by an organization to gauge whether the candidate has certain personality traits and/or skills that it desires in its members. In this methodology, the group of candidates is given a topic or a situation, given a few minutes to think about the same, and then asked to discuss the topic among themselves for 15-20 minutes. Freshersworld.com brings you an elaborate section for GD as you had ever seen anywhere else. It is a very useful tool to screen the candidate’s potential as well as their skills.

GD evaluation is done by the subject experts based on the discussions. A report will be prepared on analyzing the facts at the end of the discussion.


Some of the personality traits the GD is trying to gauge may include:

* Communication skills
* Interpersonal Skills
* Leadership Skills
* Motivational Skills
* Team Building Skills
* Analytical /Logical Skills
* Reasoning ability
* Different Thinking
* Initiative
* Assertiveness
* Flexibility
* Creativity
* Ability to think on ones feet
* Why GDs are implemented commonly:

 The reason why institutes put you through a Group discussion and an interview, after testing your technical and conceptual skills in an exam, is to get to know you as a person and gauge how well you will fit in their institute. GD evaluates how you can function as a part of a team. As a manager or as a member of an organization you will always be working in teams. Therefore how you interact in a team becomes an important criterion for your selection. Managers have to work in a team and get best results out of teamwork. That is the reason why management institutes include GD as a component of the selection procedure.

Company's Perspective:

Companies conduct group discussion after the written test to know more about your:

* Interactive Skills (how good you are at communication with other people)
* Behavior (how open-minded are you in accepting views contrary to your own)
* Participation (how good an active speaker you are & your attention to the discussion)
* Contribution (how much importance do you give to the group objective as well as your own)

Aspects which make up a Group Discussion are:

* Verbal Communication
* Non-verbal behavior
* Confirmation to norms
* Decision making ability
* Cooperation

You should try to be as true as possible to these aspects.

Freshersworld.com wishes you all the good luck in your Group Discussion!

Dos of participating in a GD:
  • Listen to the subject carefully
  • Put down your thoughts on a paper
  • Initiate the discussion if you know the subject well
  • Listen to others if you don’t know the subject
  • Support you point with some facts and figures
  • Make short contribution of 25-30 seconds 3-4 times
  • Give others a chance to speak
  • Speak politely and pleasantly. Respect contribution from other members.
  • Disagree politely and agree with what is right.
  • Summarize the discussion if the group has not reached a conclusion.
Don’ts of participating in a Group Discussion
  • Initiate the discussion if you do not have sufficient knowledge about the given topic.
  • Over speak, intervene and snatch other’s chance to speak.
  • Argue and shout during the GD
  • Look at the evaluates or a particular group member
  • Talk irrelevant things and distract the discussion
  • Pose negative body gestures like touching the nose, leaning back on the chair, knocking the table with a pen etc.
  • Mention erratic statistics.
  • Display low self confidence with shaky voice and trembling hands.
  • Try to dominate the discussion
  • Put others in an embarrassing situation by asking them to speak if they don’t want.
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Economy and Agriculture
  1. 5 Trillion Indian Economy
  2. Trust deficit is hampering the economy
  3. Auto sector slum – causes and impact
  4. Will consolidation in Banking Sector address the NPA issue?
  5. Is Indian telecom industry moving towards duopoly?
  6. What led the start-up boom in India? What is its future?
  7. Stagnation in rural economy of India and its impact
  8. Circular Economy – need and constraints.
  9. Is India nearing a Middle Income Trap? How can it be avoided?
  10. Fourth Industrial Revolution
  11. Golden jubilee of Bank Nationalisation in India
  12. Extradition treaty and the NPA menace
  13. Oil politics to data politics
  14. Female workforce in agriculture
  15. Doubling  farmer’s income
  16. Agriculture and environmental pollution
  17. Do our bank account deposits need insurance?
  18. Modicare: economical or not?
  19. Does Indian industry need protection or competition to grow?
  20. Shift from 'consuming' to 'sharing & pooling'
  21. How does change in the Budget cycle impact the Indian economy?
  22. Bank recapitalisation: pros and cons for the Indian economy
Education and Human Resources
  1. Innovation versus modified imitation
  2. Migration, displacement and education
  3. Changing demands of a ‘Knowledge economy’
  4. Issues with skill development in India
  5. Demand of local job quotas in states
  6. Importance of upskilling in the corporate sector
  7. Chasing deadlines kills creativity
  8. Rising cult of creative entrepreneurship on social media
  9. Leaders deserve respect, not command respect
  10. Smartphones: both enablers and disablers of education
  11. Draft New Education Policy & Three Language Formula

Environment related
  1. Is climate change for real?
  2. Reducing food loss and wastage
  3. What if 7 billion people in the world start believing in the change an individual could make?
  4. Role of the new-gen in environmental awareness
  5. Ban on single-use plastics
  6. Impact of USA's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Deal
  7. Change in flood management to tackle frequent floods
Ethical Issues
  1. Human Rights Courts
  2. Is freedom a myth?
  3. Accountability versus independence
  4. ‘Paid news’ – a crack in the pillars of democracy
  5. Ethical concerns surrounding cloning and designer babies
  6. Celebrities don't consume what they sell in advertisements
  7. Ethical dilemmas cause slippery slopes
  8. The time is always right to do what is right.
Indian Political Affairs
  1. Removal of Article 370 and 35A– Story of Jammu & Kashmir's integration and disintegration
  2. Criminalization of Politics
  3. Loss of public confidence in Indian Judiciary
  4. Role of social media in elections
  5. Education as an eligibility criteria in elections
  6. How successful has the Swachh Bharat Mission been?
  7. Should political advertising on social media be regulated?
  8. How to sustain India's open-defecation free status
International Affairs
  1. Relevance of WTO in the face of regional trade agreements
  2. US – China Trade War and its impact on India
  3. Rising arena of Indo-Pacific affairs
  4. India’s Nuclear No First Use Policy
  5. Changing paradigm of India-Pakistan relationship
  6. Demystifying the potential of South Asian trade
  7. China's One Country Two System Approach
Philosophical/ Abstract
  1. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
  2. The day you are born or the day you find out why.
  3. Friends, Enemy or Frenemies?
  4. Black, White or Grey
  5. Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
  6. You don't need to have everything figured out before starting.
  7. Everyone must be quick to listen, slow to speak, slower to anger.
  8. Zero to One
  9. A world without borders
  10. The hungry have no morals
  11. The Pink briefcase
  12. Red or Red
  13. Gold attracts gold
  14. Reality versus Knowledge
Science and Technology
  1. Need to explore an alternate world 
  2. Implications of gene editing and gene modification
  3. Big Data – future of tomorrow
  4. Are space missions economically beneficial for India?
  5. Why is space debris a concern?
  6. Is India ready for 5G technology?
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  8. Social Media and e-Commerce: Implications for data privacy
  9. Cryptocurrency - opportunity or threat?
  10. Data democratization: “Data of the people, by the people, for the people”
Social Issues (Society, Gender, Caste)
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  3. Fake news issue in India
  4. Financing monument construction – a taxpayer’s duty?
  5. Role of the new ‘Social Media Influencers’
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  8. Causes and prevention of juvenile delinquency
  9. Decriminalisation of homosexuality
  10. Is it time India moves towards a two-child norm?
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  13. Article 15
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