Group Discussions - Part I
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2. Case Study - A
printed case study is given to the group and the candidates are allowed a time
limit of 3-4 minutes to read and comprehend the passage. Then the group is asked
to discuss the questions based on the case study given. Here again the students
are given a time of about 20 minutes to discuss the topic. Case
studies normally pertain to standard business situations and are full of facts
and figures. Thus, the GD coordinator attempts to examine the comprehension
power of a candidate along with the communication skills.
3. Role Play - A
role-play type of GD is one wherein a situation is described and each person in
the group is asked to assume a specific role in a situation. In such cases, you
must completely step into the role and your reasoning will have to be consistent
with the role you have assumed. The participation, in this specific case, needs
to appreciate the gravity of the situation and generate appropriate reasoning to
facilitate decision making for the group.
Examples
Here are two Group Discussion
topics with inputs from TCYonline.com experts: -
(1) "Terrorism can be
eliminated only by use of sheer military force rather than by a political
dialogue"
FOR
1. Conciliatory measures have
failed to curb the increase of terrorism as the terrorists are motivated by
harrow and perverted ideologies, which are not amenable to reason. Therefore,
use of force is the only way to curb terrorism.
2. The situations in North East,
Kashmir and Sri Lanka clearly prove that the trigger-happy terrorists resort to
indiscriminate killings to create terror among people. There is neither an
organized leadership nor a sense of purpose in their activities. Therefore,
negotiations would not yield any result.
AGAINST
1. Lessons from Sri Lanka,
Afghanistan, Punjab, Assam and Kashmir show that by sheer force, terrorism
cannot be curbed. Systematic attempts to remove the political / economic
grievances of the terrorists, combined with persuasive negotiations alone would
succeed.
2. Political solution would alone
be the lasting solution, and the use of force would only temporarily solve the
problem. Even though suppressed for a while, terrorism would crop up again as
the terrorists are mostly unemployed, frustrated youth, who are very much
committed to the redressal of their grievances.
