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Group Discussion, popularly labeled as GD, is a popular methodology used by many organizations (company, institute, business school, etc.). These days to gauge whether the candidate has certain personality traits such as interpersonal communication skills, confidence in public speaking, team spirit, leadership abilities, social behavior and problem-solving skills. GDs form an important part of the short-listing process for recruitment or admission in a company or institution. In GD, there are usually 7-12 participants in a group. The group of candidates is given a topic or a situation which could be either factual, abstract or case based, and typically given some time to think and make notes about the same. After this, the group of candidates is, and then asked to discuss it the topic among themselves for a specific duration ranging between 10-40 minutes (which may vary from one organisation to another). The Panelists assign scores to every candidate based on his/her individual performance as well as how he performed within the group. Therefore, in your case anyone topic can be given to your group like COVID-19, Nirbhaya case, Ram Mandir verdict, etc.