Group Discussion Worksheet: Evaluation

Debate lesson 23: The evaluator’s view · Set 246 · 40 questions

Debater's tip (Quality, listening, teamwork): Earns marks: clear, relevant points; listening; polite disagreement; leading without bossing; a good summary; bringing in quiet ones. Loses marks: talking over others, saying nothing, going off topic, personal comments, repeating others, losing your temper. In a scene, the best member is the one whose behaviour helps the whole group think and agree.

1. 1.📋 In a group discussion on “Are school trips as useful as lessons?”, Meera laughed at a classmate’s idea; Kabir argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Rohan invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Kabir (c) Rohan
2. 2.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Ishaan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Tara spoke so long that nobody else could talk; Arjun invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic. Who did best? (a) Arjun (b) Tara (c) Ishaan
3. 3.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: talking over others? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
4. 4.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Aarav listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Saanvi only repeated what others had already said; Vihaan went off topic to talk about a film. Who did best? (a) Vihaan (b) Aarav (c) Saanvi
5. 5.🔭 Who usually impresses an evaluator more? (a) the loudest speaker (b) a clear, fair speaker (c) the fastest talker (d) the silent member
6. 6.📋 In a group discussion on “Are school trips as useful as lessons?”, Vihaan only repeated what others had already said; Tara invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic; Arjun argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Vihaan (b) Arjun (c) Tara
7. 7.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Meera gave three short, fresh points backed by facts; Ananya went off topic to talk about a film; Nisha stayed silent for the whole discussion. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Meera (c) Nisha
8. 8.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: leading without bossing? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
9. 9.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) saying nothing (b) losing your temper (c) personal comments (d) a good summary
10. 10.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) saying nothing (b) going off topic (c) leading without bossing (d) losing your temper
11. 11.🔭 In a GD, good leadership means… (a) choosing the winner (b) bossing everyone (c) guiding the group fairly (d) speaking the most
12. 12.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Rohan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Meera listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Aarav spoke so long that nobody else could talk. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Rohan (c) Aarav
13. 13.True or false: “repeating others” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “listening to others” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “leading without bossing” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: polite disagreement? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
17. 17.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Kabir invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic; Meera argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Saanvi went off topic to talk about a film. Who did best? (a) Saanvi (b) Meera (c) Kabir
18. 18.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Vihaan built on two classmates’ points and added a new example; Ishaan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Saanvi went off topic to talk about a film. Who did best? (a) Vihaan (b) Ishaan (c) Saanvi
19. 19.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: personal comments? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
20. 20.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) saying nothing (b) personal comments (c) listening to others (d) going off topic
21. 21.📋 In a group discussion on “How can our school waste less food?”, Tara laughed at a classmate’s idea; Aarav interrupted others again and again; Riya started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Riya (c) Tara
22. 22.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Riya laughed at a classmate’s idea; Meera spoke so long that nobody else could talk; Nisha listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Nisha (c) Riya
23. 23.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Meera stayed silent for the whole discussion; Rohan gave three short, fresh points backed by facts; Tara argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Rohan (c) Tara
24. 24.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) listening to others (c) going off topic (d) a good summary
25. 25.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Vihaan interrupted others again and again; Meera spoke so long that nobody else could talk; Nisha listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree. Who did best? (a) Vihaan (b) Meera (c) Nisha
26. 26.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: repeating others? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
27. 27.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) a good summary (b) clear, relevant points (c) repeating others (d) bringing in quiet ones
28. 28.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Saanvi argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Kabir laughed at a classmate’s idea; Arjun started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Saanvi (c) Arjun
29. 29.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) polite disagreement (b) saying nothing (c) going off topic (d) personal comments
30. 30.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Meera stayed silent for the whole discussion; Ishaan invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic; Riya laughed at a classmate’s idea. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Riya (c) Ishaan
31. 31.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: going off topic? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
32. 32.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Nisha stayed silent for the whole discussion; Meera laughed at a classmate’s idea; Saanvi started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Nisha (c) Saanvi
33. 33.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Aarav argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Meera interrupted others again and again; Vihaan invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Vihaan (c) Meera
34. 34.True or false: “saying nothing” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Saanvi only repeated what others had already said; Kabir went off topic to talk about a film; Meera disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Kabir (c) Saanvi
36. 36.True or false: “going off topic” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: clear, relevant points? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
38. 38.True or false: “clear, relevant points” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) saying nothing (b) bringing in quiet ones (c) losing your temper (d) talking over others
40. 40.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Nisha stayed silent for the whole discussion; Ananya spoke so long that nobody else could talk; Vihaan disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Nisha (c) Vihaan

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