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Describe a time when you negotiated a deal.

You should say:

• What was the deal about?
• When you did it?
• How you did it?
• Explain how you felt after doing it?

Answer:

Being a commerce student and an Indian, negotiation runs in my blood. However, the bookish knowledge was quite boring when I read about it back in school days. So I wanted to try negotiation, which I learned through my books and heard lectures about from my father. But being the youngest in my family. I was never given that privilege until that fateful day came.

It happened when I was in my 12^th class and I was home alone doing absolutely nothing instead of lounging around. While I was lying down on my bed, I heard a knock on the front door of the house. I groaned out of laziness and got up to open the door, and I was greeted by a salesman. The salesman was there to sell the Oxford Dictionary, and genuinely speaking, I was not thrilled by seeing it. Ignoring my personal opinion after seeing the dictionary, I welcomed the salesman and started to talk about the details, version and benefits of buying the book. Although I wasn’t very interested in the dictionary, it gave me the golden opportunity to negotiate.

Taking this chance, I started talking about the prices, which said it was almost 2 thousand rupees. I was flabbergasted hearing the price and didn’t know how to bring the price down. Now, I was determined to bring the cost down, and I started negotiating with him about giving him 500 rupees less. He denied, I said again, and this continued until we finally relented. I, unexpectedly, won the negotiation, and the salesman took the money with a grumpy face and took his leave.

After this ordeal was over and I had the unwanted dictionary in my hand, I felt like I was on cloud nine. I told and shared this with my family, and they were also happy after hearing about this. In the end, this memory became a centrepiece of my teenage years.

(320 Words)

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Describe a time when someone you know bargained.
You should know:
• Who is that person?
• When and where he/she bargained
• Why he/she bargained
• And explain whether you were impressed by him/her or not.

Answer:
Well, I think bargaining is an art, and peeny-pinchers are usually considered as excellent negotiators. This is because they have the ability to get the best possible price on their purchase.
Today, I would like to talk about one person who I think is a hard bargainer. This person is my mother. One incident I vividly remember is when she accompanied me to the local market in Dehradun and she used her exceptional bargaining skills. Actually, we were doing window shopping. We suddenly came across a carpet shop, and we went inside to look for a good quality carpet. At that time she asked the price of a handmade carpet, which was quite expensive. To reduce the price, she started talking to the shop owner. Initially it was a hard nut to crack for her. But, as a deal hunter, she successfully manipulated the vendor by building a relationship with him like a sister. So that he can reduce the price of the carpet. At times the vendor looked visibly upset by her constant negotiation. Ultimately, she was successful in making a bargain.
It was extremely amusing to me; I do not know how I managed to hold my laughter. I have always been impressed by my mother’s peculiar habit of negotiation. This habit taught me a valuable lesson that we should be mindful while spending our hard-earned money.
(231 Words)

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Describe an indoor game that you often play with friends/family.
You should say:
• Which indoor game is that
• When and how you came across it
• Whom do you like to play it with
• And explain how you play it

Answer:
Well, I think indoor games are fun. Playing them is one of the best ways to spend quality time with family and friends. There are numerous indoor games that I know about, such as snakes and ladders, carom, chess and many more. However, there is one indoor game that’s my favourite, and I play often; its name is Ludo.
As far as I can recall, I came across Ludo in my childhood. My family and I used to play this board game to entertain ourselves and make each other laugh. Today, because of technology, this game is also available on mobile phones.
I think it’s very convenient, as now it can be played anywhere among a lot of people, who are even living far away. We also don’t need to worry about the equipment required to play the game.
Basically, the game has four players, but now because of digitalisation, which I mentioned earlier, there can be more than four participants. Each player has four tokens of one colour, and all four tokens are supposed to take a circular tour of the board and reach their respective houses, which are in the middle of the board. The craziest part is if your token lands on a rival’s token, the opponent’s token is sent to the point.
In a nutshell, Ludo is not only a game; it’s an opportunity to create some beautiful memories with our loved ones and build a strong bond among people.
(244 Words)

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Describe an invention which changed the world.

• What was it?
• Who invented?
• When it happened?
• Why and how it changed?

Answer:

Humanity has always tried to advance in every field possible. Whether it’s science, commerce, space, war or anything, humans want to become the first of something. This desire to make a name for themselves has always pushed every person to invent or innovate something remarkable and extraordinary.

Nearly 8 decades ago, a man known as J. Robert Oppeheimer created the worst weapon in all of humanity. It was a nuclear bomb. Even though change is the only constant, however, a change in the form of this weapon was the turning point for the world. He created this bomb back in 1945 in Manhattan during the last stages of World War 2. In my opinion, this weapon of mass destruction never required no matter what. When I was seeing the documentary of World War 2 and the episode titled Hiroshima came, I knew what I was going to witness. I saw the first-hand footage of a bomb being dropped off in Hiroshima, Japan. The destruction it caused was more terrifying to me than any horror movie. Seeing images of civilians was daunting. I was shivering with fear from just seeing all that. I couldn’t even stand watching it on screen, so how would’ve those innocents felt? I cannot even imagine.

This invention wasn’t something which was one and done; instead, it pulled the entire world into the nuclear race. Every nation wanted to possess this weapon. Now 8 more countries after united states are considered nuclear-armed. This invention brought depression to Oppenheimer before his death and a ever laying threat on humanity. Thus, I honestly believe that the innovation of the atom bomb was the worst change our Earth will ever see.

(282 Words)

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The officially registered trademark ‘BAND7’ (Trademark No. 4717489) is allocated to Anuj Kumar.