NPTEL Soft Skills Week 9 Solutions

 GD has an emergent leader instead of a designated leader. 

 True

 False


It is important that a meeting should not have a leader so that all other members of the meeting can put forth their views and reviews without any hesitation. 

 True

 False


Group discussion is a formal and systemic face-to-face communication among participants to express and exchange their views on a topic. 

 True

 False


To participate in a GD, a candidate should not have assertiveness. 

 True

 False


For a GD, topic is announced in advance while for a debate the topic is announced on the spot. 

 True

 False


To be an ethical employer, one needs to provide the employees with some of the rights. Which of the following are not among them?

 Right to freedom (from discrimination) 

 Right to freedom for disregarding the responsibility 

 Right to health and safe working condition

 Right to leave the organization without any notice 


Which of the following are NOT among the causes of conflicts in a G.D?

 Clash of ideas 

 Emergence of a group leader 

 Conflict of opinion 

 Competence of the participants 


Which of the following are the essential traits of leadership? 

 Competence

 Consistency 

 Callousness

 Frivolity


Which of the following actions can help a leader save the group discussion in resolving conflict? 

 By deciding the agenda of the meeting beforehand and ensuring it's understood by the participants 

 By speaking on behalf of the participants to avoid difference of opinions

 By forcing the members to agree to a particular idea to avoid clash of opinions 

 By reminding the participants not to digress from the topic given by the panel 


What are the important tasks that a leader/manager should do before conducting a meeting? 

 Describe the failures of the members in achieving their targets

 Assign responsibility to each member

 Summarize the discussion to make sure everyone has understood the main points

 Threaten the employees to make them complete the task before the deadline 

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