Anna University Chennai 2008 M.Sc Software Engineering suggested GD topics - Question Paper

40. Role of ethics in tobacco industry, liquor industry etc.
41. Should gambling be legalised in India?
42. Are we unfit for Democracy?
43. Survival tools for the new millennium
44. exams - has it killed education
45. Cultural Invasion through the air waves
46. Should doctors be tried in Consumer Courts
47. Abortion and Euthanasia - Is it morally right for society
48. Are beauty pageants neccessary?
49. The relevance of Gandhism today
50. India and the WTO
51. Did India handle the hijack problem properly?
52. Is E-Commerce the best thing for India


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Is coalition politics here to stay?
The subsequent points could be explained under this topic:
Nature of coalition politics.Indecisiveness of elections. No particular party is getting the peoples mandate.Advantage of coalition politics in enabling formation of government.Flipside of coalition politics- a party with a handful of seats become powerful.Government falls before tenure.Fresh elections every time. Suggest a way out of this problem, for e.g.: once a party pledges support to a coalition, it will not withdraw its support until it has watched a governments performance for atleast 3 years...etc The future -will it only have coalitions ,emerging political patterns...etc...
Does India need a dictator?
The subsequent points could be explained under this topic:
The current political structure.Drawbacks of it.Bureaucracy, layers in decision making, anarchy. Dictatorship would mean centralised power and faster decision making.But, country run on whims and fancies of an individual.Freedom on individuals could be clamped ..etc....Present a balanced argument for and against and take up your position on the problem.
Is India moving away from a secularist state?
The subsequent points could be explained under this topic:
describe secularism.Constitution calls our country such a state, but how things have changed over the last 50 years.Spread of nationalism. Division into majority and minority groups-e.g. benefits provided to minority groups perceived as a threat by others. Role of non-tolerant neighbors in fuelling fundamentalism. It is a passing phenomenon. We have the national character to overcome this....Points along these lines can be explained.

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