WAT Topics - IIM Lucknow

This post contains the list of topics that have been asked for the Written Ability Test (WAT) in the IIM Lucknow interviews conducted to date at different venues:

2019

• Politicians are not respected anymore. Comment.

• Sports is a better career than management.

• US China trade war is not a zero sum game.

• Are bullet trains really needed in India?

• Glass ceiling still exists.

• Is intelligence hereditary?

• Greed is good. (Time limit: 20 mins)?

• There needs to be more spending on primary education compared to university, in India.

• Artificial Intelligence - The future or just a buzz?

• There should be no mandatory attendance in B-Schools.

2018

• It’s high time that the Indian government shifts its focus from manufacturing sector to the agricultural sector.

• Happiness is a state of mind.

• Right to Information(RTI) Act should be applicable to Political Parties and Media.

• Political parties should be funded by state and not by industrialists or public donations.

• There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

• India is a hot bed for technological breakthroughs and innovations due to its regional diversity.

• Subsidy to IITs and NITs is a waste of tax payers money.

• Should Happiness Index be used in place of GDP as an indicator of economic progress?

• Non violence has lost its relevance today.

• With greater risks come greater successes.

2017

• Has the world politics taken a right wing turn? (15 minutes)

• Topic was UN is a failed organization.

• Taking risks can either result in great profits or losses

2016

• Should India continue with the space missions when there is so much poverty around?

• Highly intelligent students have difficult time at B-schools. 

• Entrepreneurs can learn some things only from other entrepreneurs.

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