GD Tips & Topics

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

GD Tips & Topics

1. Always be the initiator and concluder of the GD
then being a
participant.

2. But if you are particaipant always try to be the
most vianl/key
participant.

3. Put points firmly and always try to get others
support too.

4. If you find that the discussion os going offttrack
then never loose an oppurtunity to bring it back
to straem this is the
best point to score max.

5. Try to keep latest information on the topic.

6. Be very polite , people may try to provoke you to
to get more
points but try to keep cool.

7. Most important don't wait for your turn to speak
when discussion
is on. inturrupt politely if you want to put
forward your points.

8. Last but not the least keep atab 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.

9. During conclusion, do end with the conclusion note.
that shows
your leadership quality.
Best scoring points are:
1. initiation of discussion,
2. always keeping/trying tokeep discussion on track
3. conclusion on time
4. your capability to keep your cool and listen as
well as
putting your points.

Be a Leader.

GD basically means searching your team player,
leadership,
communication capability.

[LATEST COLLECTION]
HEXAWARE:

1. Everybody jumping into software field - is it gud
or bad.
2. "EDUCATION AND SUCCESS" DOES IT HAVE A CORRELATION.
3. "whether impact of western culture on indian
culture is a boon or
a bane".
4. Is internet suitable for Youngers?
5. IS MBA needed?
6. What Should India do to win a gold medal in the
Olympics?
7. Will India need a Dictatorship / Democratic rule
now?
8. "Two solutions to improve engg standard"

ACCENTURE:
1. Advantages and disadvantages of Internet
2. Betting in cricket should legalized or not
3. Education system in India
4. A discussion on Iraq and America war

SATYAM:
1) Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India.
2) What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good
or bad)
3) a) Are studies more benifitial in India or in
Abroad.
b) do u prefer indian or abroad Education.
4) BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY.
5) shoud GD be a part of selection process r not
6) should sonia gandhi b made a PM or not?
7) whether the brand name is a way of life or not
8) India gifted the WorldCup to Australia or not?
9) Why is Indian Hockey limping
10) "UN's peace activities"
11) "America's war on Iraq".
12) Who is responsible for the protection of the
environment
13) VAlues in an IT Industry
14) What should be the retirement age of politicians
15) Should India play Against PAK?
16) "Environment-Whose Responisibility".
17) Is China a threat to the indian software industry.
18) About Hockey being the primary game in India.
19) can america occupy iraq
20) cricket shud be banned or not..
21) My topic was whether BPO call centers have good
impact on
younger generation?
22) Position of Women in India compared to other
nations.
23) Govt contribution to IT
24) Will punch lines rule the Advt
25) Pre-marital sex
26) India or Rest, which is the land of opportunities
27) Water resources should be nationalized

MINDTREE:
1. If both husband and wife are working in the same
organisation.
2. cordination between educational institutions and
companies.
3. Linux Vs Microsoft . Which will perish?.
4. " Do u think indian IT people are overpaid".


Satyam GD Probables:[bit OLD]
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1. US war on iraq-justified or not.
2. Role of UN in peacekeeping.
3. Position of Women in India compared to other
nations.
4. Environment MAnagement.
5. Is China better than India in software.
6.Should SONIA gandhi be made the PM
7. BPOs in INDIA
8. Govt contribution to IT
9. will punch lines rule the Advt
10. prematial sex
11. is china a threat to indian industry
12. india or west , which is the land of opportunities
13. water resources should be nationalised
14."BALANCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND FAMILY"
15. Effect of cinema on Youth
16. Education in India compared to Foreign nations
17. Is it necessary to ban COCOCOLA in India.
18. What is the effect of movies on youth.(is it good
or bad)
19. Are studies more benifitial in India or in Abroad.
20."UN's peace activities" and "America's war on
Iraq".
21."Environment-Whose Responisibility".
22.Is China a threat to the indian software industry.
23.Role of UN in Peace keeping
24.War on Iraq
25.About Hockey being the primary game in India.
26.Can america occupy iraq
27.Cricket shud be banned or not.
28.IS CHINA A THREAT TO INDIA
29.Present state of Indian Cricket team.
30.Love marriage/Arranged marriage.
31.Advantages of Co-education.

IMS Study:
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The topics of GD can be varied :

Hot Topics:
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1.How to deal with international terrorism.
2.Should we pursue our policy of dialogue with
Pakistan?
3.Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?

Current Topics:
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1.A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped
countries like
India.
2.Is Globalisation Really Necessary?
3.What shall we do about our ever-increasing
Population?
4.Corruption is the price we pay for Democracy.
5.Foreign Television Channels are destroying our
culture.
6.What India needs is a Dictatorship.
7.With media publishing and telecasting trivia,
censorship is the need
of the hour.
8.Kaun Banega Krorepati is less about knowledge but
more about money
and personality.
9.Beauty contests degrade womanhood
10.The rise of regional blocs threatens independent
nations like India
11.Six billion and one bronze!
12.Is dependence on computers a good thing?
13.Should the public sector be privatised?
14.China and India are similar nations with
contrasting ways
15.Is India a Soft Nation?
16.Value based politics is the need of the hour
17.Religion should not be mixed with politics
18.How to deal with high oil prices
19.Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing
20.Why cant we be world players in industry as we are
in software?
21.Multinational corporations: Are they devils in
disguise?
22.Should there be limits on artistic freedom (the
controversy on Fire).
23.Should there be private universities?
24.Does banning fashion shows and New Year parties
save our culture?

Social Topics:
1.Are Big Dams Necessary?
2.Films are corrupting the Indian Youth
3.A Gandhian State selling liquor is an anomaly
4.Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an
integral part of India.
5.Our Culture is Decaying
6.We are not serious about saving Wildlife/Environment
7.The education system needs serious reforms
8.The impact of MTV on our psyche
9.Showing Violence and Crimes should not be allowed in
films and on
television.
10.Let us legalise gambling

Management Topics:
1.Is management an art or a science?
2.The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
3.Ethics in Business are just a passing fashion
4.The objective of Management is to maximise profits
5.Do professional managers have a chance in our family
run businesses?
6.The Internet is an exercise in hype
7.Is an MBA necessary to succeed in life?
8.Family owned business vs professionally run
businesses
9.Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for
professional
growth.
10.Dot com or doubt com?

Creative Topics:
1.The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
2.If I was the Finance Minister/Prime Minister
3.There is no right way to do a wrong thing
4.Group Task: How can we have Mount Everest in India?
5.Do Beauty and Brains Go Together?
6.When I woke up in the morning I saw…
7.A ship docked in harbour cannot face the storms
8.Up the Down Staircase
9.Just as we have smoke free zones, we should have
child free zones
10.Marriage is a social trap

SOCIAL TOPICS:
1. The Internet chains have come on the wings of
science and
technology but are no less restrictive for all that.
2. Secularism has become a tool to justify the wrongs
done by the
minorities.
3. Media is a mixed blessing/How ethical is media?
4. To fight AIDs, stop being coy about sex education.
5. What should India strive for- Westernization or
modernization?

ECONOMIC TOPICS:
1. Developing countries need trade, not aid.
2. Why do we lag behind China?
3. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others
are so much worse.
4. Flexibility of labour laws is the key to attracting
more Foreign
Direct Investment.
5. Is the business of business only business?

POLITICAL TOPICS:
1. Reserving seats for women in Panchayat has not only
been a farce
but has distracted from developing a more genuine
voice of women.
2. Have the nuclear tests of 1998 benefited or harmed
India?
3. Voters, not, political parties are responsible for
the
criminalisation of politics.
4. 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.
5. India should go for the presidential form of
democracy.

ECONOMIC TOPICS:
1. In our economic matters, there is an excessive
tendency towards the
thinking rather than doing.
2. Every cloud has a silver lining
3. Can the economy achieve an 8 percent growth rate?.
4. Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a
rethink in order ?
5. Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised
environment?.
6. Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate
in small doses
but become fatally addictive in larger doses.
7. Modern day sport in industrialised society is an
industry, as
anything else.
8. Government should clean its own hands before
pointing finger at the
private sector for corruption.
9. Is the NPA ordinance too harsh?
10. Reforms have to grow up.
11. The future lies with glocalisation .
12. Is the consumer really the king in India?.
13. Globalisation versus nationalism
14. Conditional access system for cable TV watchers:
boon or bane?
15. If India is poorly governed, the reason is that we
have designed
our system of governance for protecting, if not
encouraging, corruption?
16. Commercialisation of health care : Good or Bad ?
17. For globalisation to succeed in India people must
be able to see
what is in it for them
18. Is the US economy headed the Japanese economy way?
19. Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of
development will
lead to growth and prosperity
20. Markets left to themselves encourage greed.
21. For globalisation to succeed in India people must
be able to see
what is in it for them
22. Should businessmen run the finance ministry
23. Should important services like transport be left
to market forces?.
24. Is there any point in having a business strategy
when the world
changes from month to month?
25. Is the patents bill good for India? .
26. Is the business of business only business?.
27. Globalisation is good for developing countries
28. Public sector being a guarantor of job security is
a myth.
29. Is industryless growth here to stay ?
30. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others
are so much worse ?
31. How can business get rid of the bad name that it
has earned?
32. Government pumping money into the economy is not
the solution for our economic problems
33. Business ethics are no longer a luxury for
corporates but a necessity?
34. How should privatisation proceeds be utilised ?
35. Is the budgeting exercise of any use?
36. Should agricultural subsidies be stopped ?
37. Will Mumbai's film industry ever evolve into a
truly modern
corporatised one?
38. Will market reforms enrich rich states further,
while poorer ones lag further?.
39. Why do we lag behind China ?
40. Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies ?.
41. Why not use a brand index to measure national
prosperity?.
42. What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory
bodies.
43. War rhetoric is misplaced in a country like India
which is trying to globalise its economy.
44. Trade can help the poor ?
45. The power ministry should cut off supplies to all
the defaulting SEBs.
46. Steal a few lakhs and you're a criminal. Steal a

few hundred
crores and you become an industrialist.
47. Should PSUs be divested through strategic sale or
public offer?
48. The state is above the law?


1. Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never
match those
learnt from experience
2. Democracy is hampering India progress
3. MBA in India is highly overrated.
4. Religion is a private affair and should be of no
concern for the state
5. Decreasing defense expenditure and increasing
social expenditure is the need of the hour

TCY Online:
1.Public sector is more a hindrance than help to
promote socialism.
2.Economic betterment of the poorer nations is as
important as
disarmament to ensure lasting world peace.
3.From public sector to privatization as in the U.K.,
is the right
answer for India's instant economic breakthrough.
4.The doctrine of "limited nuclear war" is an
ill-convinced,
ill-logical, irrational and extremely dangerous
concept.
5.Some simple but effective electoral reforms will
enable us to retain the present parliamentary system
and ensure the preservation of democracy in India.
6.We must have only two national parties to contest
parliamentary
elections and regional parties should not be allowed
to contest for
the same.
7.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.
8.Nuclear war cannot be won and should not be fought.
9.Private enterprise and not public sector will
contribute to faster
and higher economic growth in India.
10.Inflation is inevitable in our developing country.
11.The policy of reservation is a legacy of the
British and it has
done more harm than good.
12.Do you think MBAs are useful in the manufacturing /
production
department?
13.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.
14.Consumerism is destroying the social fabric of
Indian culture.
15.Free market is a prerequisite for growth.
16.Cricket as a national obsession is a detriment to
other sports.
17.To develop India has to empower women.
18.Formulate the government's health policy to control
the spread of
AIDS.
19.Advertising is a waste of resources.
20.Privatization will lead to less corruption.
21.State is the biggest violator of human rights.
22.There can never be a classless society.
23.Beauty pageants are a marketing gimmick.
24.Voting rights to illiterates in India is illogical
because it is
widely misused.
25.Joint family is a blessing in disguise.
26.Higher education should be made possible only for
those who can pay for it.
27.The weaker sex is the weakness of the stronger sex.
28.Women cannot successfully combine both career and
home.
29.Women are good managers.
30.Executive should be allowed to form unions.
31.Effect of liberalization on poverty.
32.Indians perform better as individuals rather than
in groups.
33.Business and ethics go hand in hand, or do they?
34.Developing countries should spend more on
development than on defense.
35.Political parties have outlived their utility.
36.Is Swadeshi relevant for India today?
37.Money is required to earn more money.
38.Foreign trade is necessary for any country to
survive .
39.Presidential Vs Parliamentary form of government of
India.
40.Technology: The Ism' Of The New Millennium?
41.Religion And Politics Should Not Mix
42.TRIPS Controversy And The Patent Act Amendment
43.Export Stagnation: Causes And Cures
44.Excessive Depiction Of Sex And Violence In Films
45.Classical Music Heritage And The Growing Pop-
Culture
46.Decentralisation & The Panchayati Raj Institutions
47.Should India Sign The CTBT
48.State Interventions In Market Kind Or Mixed Economy
49.Science Is A Boon Or Bane
50.Is Swapping Terrorists For Hostages An
Encouragement For
Plane-Hijackers?
51.India and the political dynasties: The Nehru Family
context
52.Nice Guys Finish Last
53.All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy
54.Individual Freedom And Civil Society
55.Conventionalism And Modernity: The Ever going
Debate
56.Should There Be A Restriction On Permissiveness
Being propagated by The MTV Culture And Foreign Media?
57.Marxism And Its Future All Over The World
58.The Growing Menace Of Casteism And Regionalism
59.Presidential Form Of Government Is Needed In India
60.Bullet For Bullet: Is It The Right Policy?
61.Capitation Fees Should Be Abolished
62.Arranged Marriages Are Better Than The
Love-Marriages
63.Brain-Drain Has To Be Stopped
64.Business And Ethics Can't / Don't Go Together
65.Are women As good as Men Or Inferior?
66.Nothing Succeeds Like Success
67.The Malthusian Economic Prophecy Is No Longer
Relevant
68.Secessionism In The North-East: Who's To Blame?
69.Should India Break Diplomatic Ties With Pakistan?
70.Age and Youth: Experience And Young Talent
71.`East Is East & West Is Where All The Action Is':
Mark Twain
72.Freedom Of __Expression And The State Authority.
73.Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished
74.Tuitions Should Be Banned
75.India Needs Gujral Doctrine For Better
International Relations
76.Doctors' Accountability To Improve Health-Care
77.Universal Disarmament Is A Must
78.Indian Cricket Team Shouldn't Be Allowed To Play Abroad

thanks and regards
ajay kataram

[Spoorthi]

thank u nice info

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

just remember that in a GD
1. always try to start the GD or End it....
2. do not have 1-2 wid anyone...means if u speak than u cannot speak directly after another one..in short u can not be the 3rd speaker after u speak once....
3. try to be attentive n nod while the other person speaks,,this' ll show tht u have listening skills....
4. try giving examples n figures(abt figures quote thm only if u r sure.......)
5. while speaking speak in a distinctive manner look towards each n everyone....
6.use voice modulation tech n hand gestures to a gr8 effect...
7. juzz sit straight n relaxed.dnt sit wid u'r legs crossed.
8. the most important... ..speak when u have something to speak but dnt speak because u have to speak something... if u get this line..u r through u'r GD


in n intervw.....
1. always keep smiling but beware this shud look genuine n not fake smile or nervous smile.
2. if u dnt know ny question juzzz say tht u dnt know..dnt give vague answers...
3. sit straight n sit a bit away from the table....
4. u'r english shud be gud wid proper accent..
5. in HR always think as a neutral person n dnt get urself confused in blood relation questions...
6. always keep back u'r chair in a proper way in proper place aftr u'r int gets over...

thanks and regards
ajay kataram

[Prashant M.]

Hi Ajaykumar,
Thanks for providing help for GD topics. It is very imp for fresher like me and other.

[AjayKumar.Kataram]

important gd topics


thanks and regards
Ajay Kataram

[yathish]

nice posting...................

[rockyapec]

please send about this topic".Advertising is a waste of resources."
as early as possible .thank u

[nitish verma]

please send me the material on GD topic of mba's in india are over paid.

[suresh_m1729@yahoo.co.in]

Hi Ajay,
Nice Post!!!!!