Self-confidence and communication skills are a part of OLQs that are considered in the SSB. The quality to put up your point in front of others is checked in SSB during GTO tasks. GD is a part of it and is conducted on the GTO 1 day. In this task, 2 Group discussions are conducted. In the first one 2 topics were given and candidates have to select any one. And in the second GD, the GTO gives a topic of his own choice. The candidates have to discuss on the topic and are not instructed to come to any conclusion.
Tips to perform well in the GD
- Give out your point in a crisp short manner.
- Give productive points rather than just speaking irrelevant thing.
- Mind your actions and postures.
- Listen to others and respond as per their comments.
Some of the topics related to the current event that can be a topic of GD in SSB are given below
- Russian Ukraine War
- Crude Oil Prices
- PayTm and Google Pay
- India’s Role in Future of Afghanistan
- Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Relationship between United States, India, Japan and Australia)
- Drone Rules 2021 – Pros & Cons
- COVID-19 (Coronavirus) impact on Indian and Global economy
- Farm Bills 2020 – Pros, Cons & Challenges
- Farmer’s Protest in India
- Ban on Chinese Apps in India
- Modernisation of Indian Army, Air Force and Navy
- Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
- E-Learning – Past, Present and Future
- COVID-19 and Health infrastructure of India
- Indian Economy – Past, Present and Future
- Budget 2022 – Pro and Cons
- Should public sector banks be privatised?
- Privatisation of Indian Railways/Trains
- Work from home – Pros & Cons
- Influence of Social Media on Youth
- OTT platforms and censorship
- National Education Policy (NEP)
- India-China relations 2022
- Unemployment in India
- India as superpower
- Startups In India
- Frauds by established Indian firms
- HIB visa
- India’s NSG membership
- South china sea
- Use of Renewable energy in India
- Social media – bringing change in society, making people edict, misguiding people
- Use of war machines in battles
- Is it better to put women in fighting role in Indian armed forces
- How pollution level in metro cities can be controlled
- Demonetization
- How lack of efficient teachers in government school effecting he education system
- Use of the Internet to support anti-social activities
- How Cashless economy is a better way to support development
- Agitation related to the reservation
- Is cricket suppressing other sports in India
- High performance of Indian players in Olympics
- Naxalisam – shrinking or swallowing
- Women security and crime against women
- Nuclear energy and its use as weapon
- Immigration restrictions by U.S. government
- Drug smuggling and human trafficking across the border
- Which should be preferred – Indigenisation, Foreign Procurement, Private Firms In Defense Manufacturing
- Which should be focused first – infrastructure, health or education
- Black money and laundering
- India’s performance in ease of doing business
- Financial inclusion – a social initiative, a bottleneck for demonetization or a step to modernize India
- E-education – will widen the education reach, reduces practical knowledge, only affordable to middle and upper class
- Effect of television and social media on new generation
- Future of robotics and artificial intelligence
- Effect of western culture on India
- NGO freedom and functioning in India
- Bad air quality of metro cities
- Atrocities against animals in religious games
- Glacier melting and sea level rising, climate change
- Maritime issues and Indian ocean possession issues
- Autonomy to sports body
- Derailment incidents in Indian
- Wireless telecommunication – effect on health, high connectivity, prone to data leakage
- Banking can be accelerated by – financial inclusion, using postal service as bank , initiating payment banks
- Combat role of women in Indian armed forces
- Space exploration by ISRO
- China Pakistan partnership replacing Indian economy
- Which is a better way to drive the economy to a cashless phase
- Censorship on movies and cyber contents
- Elections reforms – NOTA, educational qualification for politicians, more transparent election procedure
- Cause of agitation among people – religion, reservation, human rights
- Dependency on technology
- Terrorism and infiltration
- Hurdles in sports fields in India
- Which is the top health hazard – junk food, pollution, drug resistant pathogens
Conclusion – GD topics are related to the social issues and the candidates have to give productive points to drive the discussion in a right direction. Pay attention to what others are speaking and be more polite and straight forward in giving out your point. The discussion etiquette are only learnt by practicing in social groups. So start preparation and give your best thins time.
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