Important GD Topics for MBA 2020 - Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs
Important GD Topics for MBA 2020: Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs - Wondering what Group Discussion topics on current affairs are in trend? How can you prepare beforehand to make a mark amongst other candidates for admission to the desired MBA program? Well, before moving straight on to the group discussion topics on Current Affairs, let us first look and what a group discussion is? Why is it used? What are its types? Group Discussion is a simple and most widely used technique by corporate houses and educational institutions. Mostly a regular group discussion last for 15-20 minutes whereby a topic is given to the group participants and they have to discuss the same. The person who gives the topic is known as the Group Testing Officer i.e. GTO. If the group size is larger, then in such cases, more than one GTO could be present and will be called GTO panelists. It is liable to be nervous about what could be asked as group discussion topics. Hence it is better to be well prepared with all the latest GD topics. In this article, we will discuss the aim of group discussion, major GD Topics on Current Affairs that are in trend.
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Aim of Group Discussion
In group discussion topics apart from testing the candidates for communication, leadership, thoughtfulness ability etc., group discussion aims to sort out the heterogeneous candidates into a homogeneous group. This makes the further process of selection easy and effective for the organizations and institutes. A candidate has three choices to make in a group discussion round when GD topics are given. Such are given below -
Initiate
Follow
Conclude
Choices available with candidates in when Group Discussion Topics are given-
Initiate - If the GD topics are well-versed and the candidate has a lot of knowledge about the group discussion topic on current affairs given by GTO then the very first option available with the candidate is to initiate the group discussion round. Not necessarily to have actual figures but even a sound knowledge can act beneficial for the candidate to make the move initially. To make the discussion more impactful, candidates can begin with some quotes which are relevant to the topic.
Follow - If due to uncertainty, the candidate is unaware about the group discussion topic on current affairs given by GTO, then he/she should not hasten to speak in the group discussion. It is wise to wait and listen to what other fellow members have to speak. Remember not to speak until you have something effective to speak. Once you have enough material to add on, you can take charge and converse it forward.
Conclude - In case you are unable to speak either as initiator or follower, you still have one option left with you i.e. to conclude the group discussion topic. While others speak, you can note down the key points in the paper and conclude the group discussion topic on current affairs. Make the conclusion short yet crisp to attract the GTO or panelists. The conclusion should not be one-sided, it should have pros as well as the cons.
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Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs
Now that we know what a group discussion is, why is it conducted and what roles can be played by candidates. Let us look at the major group discussion topics on current affairs which are in trend and are highly used by not only IITs, IIMs but other b-schools than IIMs. Given below are the 30 major Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs which can be checked by candidates for better preparation -
Top 10 Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs
| Impact of COVID 19 on Environment | How prepared is India to tackle COVID-19 outbreak? |
| Impact of COVID-19 on global economy | Bifurcation of Jammu & Kashmir |
| Crisis in the Automobile Industry | UAPA (Amendment) Bill, 2019 |
| Syrian crisis | Electric vehicles in India |
| Shanghai Cooperation Organization | BIMSTEC |
Major Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs:
Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs | Group Discussion Topics on Current Affairs |
Is triple talaq empowering muslim women? | Are MSMEs backbone of Indian Economy? |
How successful is e-drishti software? | Who are the winners of long term capital gain? |
COVID 19 - Impact on world economy | How far will the UDAAN scheme take India? |
How B-Schools suffered from the coronavirus outbreak? | Will India be the next refugee centre? |
Should Trading on Bitcoins be made legal in India? | Was CAA necessary? |
Drawbacks of Make in India | Discuss on the Me too campaign |
Benefits of Neighbourhood First policy | Is Social Media a hub of fake news? |
Simultaneous Election - Move for the India's federal structure | Indian Foreign Policy in the era of Gro-Political Volatility |
Insurance for Rich/Poor - Who is benefitted? | New Industrial Revolution |
Tata or Ambani - Who is the best in true terms? | Benefits of computer-based exam |
RBI vs GOI | Crisis of Indian Economy |
Growing prominence of India in Global market scenario | Success of Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana? |
Swachh Bharat Mission - Will it be a dream forever? | Will India ever see the success of the Smart city mission? |
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao - Are Indian Women safe? | Will India’s Renewable energy targets by 2022 be only a dream? |
Benefits of e-basta scheme? | What challenges were faced by daily wage workers due to COVID 19 coronavirus lockdown? |
Abstract Topics
| Work-Life Balance is a myth | Building strategies Vs Execution |
| Hard Work Vs Smart Work | How Important is to be patient in Business and Management? |
| Friends, Enemy or Frenemies" | Innovation Vs Inventions |
| Change is the only constant | Leader Vs Follower |
| Thoughts on Me too Campaign | Do we need more entrepreneurs than managers? |
| Ethics or Profit? | Freedom: A myth? |
| Can failures teach you important lessons in life? | Women are better multi-tasker agree or disagree? |
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which top b school i will get with 49.86 percentile in cat 2020? i am student of SC category.
Hey!
As per the previous years records, you might get tier2 or tier 3 college (very low chances), some of the colleges which you can get with decent chances are:
- ABV – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
- Indian School of Mines. Dhanbad
- SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai
- School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
- Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur
To know more you can go through our article:
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/which-b-schools-will-you-get-based-on-your-percentile
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Answer laterHii.. all... CAT 2020 93 pr (VARC below 60/ Rest are 95+) General Engineer Male (Not from IIT) 10th/12th/ Grad = 92/80/73 Should i fill a form of IIT Roorkee or not? And what other colleges i can expect call at this pr?
Hello Aspirant,
As per your category and percentile in CAT and especially in VARC section which makes you ineligible for admission to IIMs and even for some IITs as well, but you have good chances to get seat in some of the B-Schools other than IIMs or IITs for MBA/PGDM such as :-
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
DMS, NIT Trichy
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad
To check the cut-off of all above mentioned B-schools and to get the details of some other B-Schools which you can get on such percentile, kindly check out the link given below :-
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
Hii.. Thank you in advance:) CAT 2020 93 pr (VARc 58/ Rest are 95+) 10th/12th/Grad = 92/80/73 General Engineer Male No work exp. as i see in artical 20% weitages given to Work exp. but i not have any work exp. What should i do? I fill a form of IIT kanpur or not?
Hello Aspirant,
As per your category and percentile in CAT and especially in VARC section which makes you ineligible for admission to IIMs and even for some IITs as well, but you have good chances to get seat in some of the B-Schools other than IIMs or IITs for MBA/PGDM such as :-
SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy
FORE School of Management, New Delhi
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
DMS, NIT Trichy
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad
To check the cut-off of all above mentioned B-schools and to get the details of some other B-Schools which you can get on such percentile, kindly check out the link given below :-
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
can i apply for cat2021 as i am from BAMS stream ?and medical practice is recognized as work experience in cat ?
Hello Aspirant,
Yes of course you can apply for CAT 2021 because according to the CAT eligibility criteria candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. And your work experience will be considered as Medical background if you have worked in the same field.
Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. As per the new paper pattern the paper is of total 228 marks and it will consists of 76 total number of questions divided in three sections namely VARC, DILR and QA. Out of these 76 questions, 54 question will be of MCQ type and other 22 will be Non-MCQ. For every correct answer 3 marks will be awarded and on incorrect answer -1 will be deducted only from MCQs not from Non-MCQs. For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern
For CAT 2021 no exact dates are out yet but it is expected that the application process for it will start in the month of August '21 and the tentative exam date is November 28th 2021.
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
Now let us discuss how to prepare for above three sections so that we can get the best score which can take us to the best B-Schools of the country.
For Quantitative Ability :-
> For this section your pre-requisite is the complete understanding of basics of Mathematics.
> You should have proper command on topics like profit and loss, number system, geometry.
> Practice as many as sample papers you can and go for some mock tests as well.
For complete details about preparation of QA section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-quantitative-ability
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-
> Reading skill is the pre-requisite for this section, so try to read different English story books, magazines, etc.
> Go through newspapers, journals, blogs, articles, etc to enhance your reading skills and watch some English visuals such as English News, web series, movies and likewise.
> Try solving questions based on comprehension, inferences and para jumbles. You can purchase some booklets for the same from market.
For complete details about preparation of VARC section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-varc
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-
> This section seems to be the toughest section in CAT exam, but it is not if you practice a lots of questions on logical reasoning and practice solving different hard core problems so that your problem solving ability will increase, which is the pre-requisite for this section.
> Go through some basic topics like seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, etc to get familiar with this section.
> For complete details about preparation of DI&LR section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-di-lr
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
cat syllabus,pattern, booklist and for which college best for mba
Hello Aspirant,
Common Admission Test, in short CAT is conducted by any of the IIM in rotation every year , it is a computer-based entrance exam conducted for MBA/PGDM admissions at 20 IIMs and 1000+ B-Schools in India. Candidates who have completed graduation with 50% of marks are eligible to apply for IIM CAT 2021. As per the new paper pattern the paper is of total 228 marks and it will consists of 76 total number of questions divided in three sections namely VARC, DILR and QA. Out of these 76 questions, 54 question will be of MCQ type and other 22 will be Non-MCQ. For every correct answer 3 marks will be awarded and on incorrect answer -1 will be deducted only from MCQs not from Non-MCQs. For complete exam pattern(latest) of CAT kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/cat-exam-pattern
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Now let us discuss how to prepare for above three sections so that we can get the best score which can take us to the best B-Schools of the country.
Quantitative Ability :-
> For this section your pre-requisite is the complete understanding of basics of Mathematics.
> You should have proper command on topics like profit and loss, number system, geometry.
> Practice as many as sample papers you can and go for some mock tests as well.
For complete details about preparation of QA section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-quantitative-ability
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension :-
> Reading skill is the pre-requisite for this section, so try to read different English story books, magazines, etc.
> Go through newspapers, journals, blogs, articles, etc to enhance your reading skills and watch some English visuals such as English News, web series, movies and likewise.
> Try solving questions based on comprehension, inferences and para jumbles. You can purchase some booklets for the same from market.
For complete details about preparation of VARC section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-varc
Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation :-
> This section seems to be the toughest section in CAT exam, but it is not if you practice a lots of questions on logical reasoning and practice solving different hard core problems so that your problem solving ability will increase, which is the pre-requisite for this section.
> Go through some basic topics like seating arrangements, blood relations, syllogisms, etc to get familiar with this section.
> For complete details about preparation of DI&LR section kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/how-prepare-for-cat-di-lr
For complete list of top colleges accepting CAT score for admission to their MBA/PGP programmes kindly check out the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/top-b-schools-accepting-cat-scores-and-cutoffs
You can get complete information about CAT 2021 from the link given below :-
https://bschool.careers360.com/exams/cat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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