Group Discussion Worksheet: Evaluation

Debate lesson 23: The evaluator’s view · Set 490 · 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.🔭 Who usually impresses an evaluator more? (a) a clear, fair speaker (b) the silent member (c) the fastest talker (d) the loudest speaker
2. 2.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Kabir interrupted others again and again; Meera listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Vihaan stayed silent for the whole discussion. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Meera (c) Vihaan
3. 3.🔭 Which shows good teamwork in a GD? (a) building on others (b) ignoring others (c) talking over others (d) mocking others
4. 4.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: leading without bossing? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
5. 5.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: repeating others? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
6. 6.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Aarav interrupted others again and again; Saanvi argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Vihaan started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Vihaan (c) Saanvi
7. 7.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: clear, relevant points? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
8. 8.📋 In a group discussion on “Are board games better than screen games?”, Aarav only repeated what others had already said; Vihaan interrupted others again and again; Rohan started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides. Who did best? (a) Rohan (b) Aarav (c) Vihaan
9. 9.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Meera stayed silent for the whole discussion; Kabir disagreed politely with a reason and let others finish; Riya spoke so long that nobody else could talk. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Riya (c) Meera
10. 10.🔭 What does a GD evaluator watch most? (a) your handwriting (b) your clothes (c) how you take part (d) your height
11. 11.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) leading without bossing (b) clear, relevant points (c) going off topic (d) listening to others
12. 12.🔭 Does speaking the most guarantee high marks? (a) no, quality counts (b) yes, always
13. 13.📋 In a group discussion on “Are school trips as useful as lessons?”, Ananya interrupted others again and again; Nisha laughed at a classmate’s idea; Arjun built on two classmates’ points and added a new example. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Nisha (c) Arjun
14. 14.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) losing your temper (b) talking over others (c) repeating others (d) listening to others
15. 15.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Riya started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides; Ishaan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Nisha interrupted others again and again. Who did best? (a) Ishaan (b) Riya (c) Nisha
16. 16.True or false: “going off topic” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) losing your temper (b) going off topic (c) repeating others (d) leading without bossing
18. 18.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Ananya argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Arjun interrupted others again and again; Meera built on two classmates’ points and added a new example. Who did best? (a) Ananya (b) Meera (c) Arjun
19. 19.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: going off topic? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
20. 20.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Saanvi started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides; Kabir only repeated what others had already said; Ishaan stayed silent for the whole discussion. Who did best? (a) Ishaan (b) Kabir (c) Saanvi
21. 21.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Aarav only repeated what others had already said; Ananya laughed at a classmate’s idea; Riya listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree. Who did best? (a) Riya (b) Aarav (c) Ananya
22. 22.True or false: “going off topic” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “listening to others” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Tara started with a clear fact and later summarised both sides; Rohan stayed silent for the whole discussion; Vihaan laughed at a classmate’s idea. Who did best? (a) Vihaan (b) Rohan (c) Tara
25. 25.📋 In a group discussion on “Should every school have a garden?”, Ishaan laughed at a classmate’s idea; Aarav listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Arjun argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Arjun (b) Aarav (c) Ishaan
26. 26.True or false: “a good summary” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Aarav listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Rohan went off topic to talk about a film; Riya argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Aarav (b) Riya (c) Rohan
28. 28.📋 In a group discussion on “Should students learn a musical instrument?”, Nisha stayed silent for the whole discussion; Kabir listened carefully, linked ideas and helped the group agree; Vihaan interrupted others again and again. Who did best? (a) Kabir (b) Nisha (c) Vihaan
29. 29.Which of these earns marks from a GD evaluator? (a) bringing in quiet ones (b) saying nothing (c) talking over others (d) repeating others
30. 30.Which of these loses marks with a GD evaluator? (a) polite disagreement (b) personal comments (c) clear, relevant points (d) a good summary
31. 31.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: polite disagreement? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
32. 32.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: losing your temper? (a) earns marks (b) loses marks
33. 33.True or false: “personal comments” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Kabir argued loudly and pointed a finger at others; Aarav built on two classmates’ points and added a new example; Arjun stayed silent for the whole discussion. Who did best? (a) Arjun (b) Aarav (c) Kabir
35. 35.🔭 Does this earn or lose marks with a GD evaluator: personal comments? (a) loses marks (b) earns marks
36. 36.🔭 In a GD, good leadership means… (a) choosing the winner (b) guiding the group fairly (c) bossing everyone (d) speaking the most
37. 37.True or false: “saying nothing” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “talking over others” earns marks from a GD evaluator. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.📋 In a group discussion on “How can we make our city cleaner?”, Saanvi invited a quiet member to speak and kept to the topic; Nisha spoke so long that nobody else could talk; Meera argued loudly and pointed a finger at others. Who did best? (a) Meera (b) Saanvi (c) Nisha
40. 40.True or false: “personal comments” loses marks with a GD evaluator. (a) True (b) False

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