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Preparing for WAT/GD is the first thing on

the minds of candidates who appeared for
CAT 2015. The results of CAT 2015 exam
have been declared, and selected
candidates will have to appear in GD/WAT.
Many students face the trouble of selecting
which topics they should prepare. Shiksha
brings a list of past year WAT/GD topics that
Past years' GD/WAT topics in top B-schools

can help you prepare better. Have a look at

them:
IIM Ahmedabad
2014-2015 (Essay Writing/Case Study)
Many Bollywood movies grossed more than 100 crores in 2014.
2014 was a golden year for Bollywood." Analyse the statements.
Discuss the problems faced by illiterate people. What steps should be taken by
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The telecom and communications sector is planning to levy a toll charge for Voiceover-Internet and messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Skype, Viber, etc.

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Their argument is theres a huge investment and infrastructure cost which these
apps dont have to bear. Analyse this and present two arguments one in favour
and another against the telecom company.
Car for All is a company that sells entry level cars. It is now thinking about

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acquiring a luxury brand. Though exciting, the company fears that their association
with low-cost car may turn down customers. Analyse
Ancient Indian scientists haven't received due recognition. According to ancient
scriptures, Indian scientists had developed aviation technology long ago. But the

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Wright Brothers are unduly credited with the invention of the airplane. Analyse.
Human achievements can be measured in two ways intrinsic excellence and via
assessing the impact on life. Without the likes of Beethoven, Bach and
Shakespeare, etc., life today wouldnt be very different. However, without Galileo,

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There are mainly two kinds of human work one requires physical labour, while
the other one is to ask someone else to do it. The first one is unpleasant and
underpaid while the second one is comfortable and well-paid. The second one has
the privilege of becoming an advice or order. For perfect happiness as human
beings, one should aim for the second type of work. Discuss the robustness of the
author's view or criticise.
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Case Study: Entrepreneurship in India.

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Case Study based GD: Village has all amenities, crop failure, loan on cash, minister
help. What as farmers could be done?

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2012-2013 (Essay Writing)

Mankind should end war before war ends mankind.

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2011-2012 (Essay Writing)

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Sensationalism in media should be censored.

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Everything should be as simple as can be but not simpler.

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Profit is the only business of business.

Direct democracy instead of representative democracy can solve the problem of
corruption.

2010-2011 (Essay Writing)

India v/s Bharat- a divided nation.
FDIs in Educational Institutes.
Layoffs can give a new direction.
India needs US in the present times.
Asian Union- is it possible?
Concerns over child labor is a mischievous ploy by western economic interests.

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Asian Union- is it possible?
Red vs. Blue

2008-2009 (Essay Writing)

The educational system is quelling creativity in Indian children.
Obama will bring change, but only to USA.
Professional management is a mere rhetoric in family run businesses.
Should Nehru's temples of learning remain elitist?
Indian women should take up their husbands' surname after marriage.
Reading pure science is a waste of time.
NGOs are yet to get their due in Indian society.

2007-2008 (GD)
Worsening female to male ration in India.
Financial viability of IPL.
You would not like to be the Prime Minister of India because
CAT should go online

IIM Calcutta
2014-2015 (WAT)
Young people are spending lesser time reading books. Examine the reasons
behind this trend. What can be the negative consequences arising out of this?
Reasons for disproportionately low number of women in top managerial positions,
and how this issue can be solved.
Very few women are at Top Management in Companies, your views. Reasons and
suggestions.

2013-2014 (WAT)
Reservation Why? Has it achieved its objects?
Corporate social responsibilities- Just spending the money or finding out where it is
spent.
Privacy Intrusion Vs Surveillance
A lot of beurocrafts and govt. employees are joining politics Do you think that
good trend?
What was the objective behind reservation in India? Has it been achieved?

2012-2013 (WAT)
Give your views on book launches, social hype around books and bestselling
novels.
Unhappy is the country which has no leaders.
Has the definition of heroes changed? How about heroes in India. Give your
opinion.
Suicides in colleges are on an increase. Analyze and give comments regarding this
trend. How would you act to counteract this?

People are not taking care of their old. Suggest how we can save our old.

2011-2012 (WAT)
Politicization and Commercialization of sports - reality or fake?
Modern life has corruption, how will an honest man go up as businessman or as a
civil servant?
Case studies suggest that enrollment in increasing in Indian schools & that India
ranks 2nd from bottom in reading and math abilities. How would you explain the
contribution of B-schools?
Is reading no more a leisure thing? How has the advancement of technology
affected the concept of leisure?
Do women in the 21st century still face a lot of barriers to rise to senior
management positions?

2010-2011 (GD)
Affection leads to infection.
Devil is in the details.
Small is beautiful.
Bharat vs. India.
BPO is primarily profit driven.
It's the time for Underdogs.

2009-2010 (GD)
Monopoly leads to constraint of freedom.
There is always a tomorrow.
Gandhi v/s. Gandhi.
Only poor people are responsible for their poverty.
Should there be international men's day?
33% Reservation for woman in jobs. Should it be there or not?

2008-2009 (GD)
Should Indian politicians be evaluated for their political skills before nomination? If
yes, how?
Year 2025.
Artists must know mathematics.
Go Ahead. Don't wait for me.
MBAs do not make good business leaders.
We are corrupt because we are poor.
Only poor people are responsible for their poverty.
33% Reservation for women in jobs, should it be there or not?
Should students recruit the faculty?
There should be an international men's day.
Social Networking is a menace.
Life is a chair.
No man is an island.


2007-2008 (GD)
There were case discussions on issues related to rates of attrition in companies
recruiting students from B Schools because of multiple offers.

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IIM Lucknow
2014-2015 (WAT)
Should the budget for space program in India be invested into poverty alleviation?
Nothing is right, nothing is wrong, everybody has a different opinion.
Is privatization the only way to bring down the real prices in the power & electricity
industry?
Higher education in India should be free.
What do I want to do in life?

2013-2014 (WAT/GD)
Private Hospitals are traders to human misery.
Competition leads to cooperation.
Alternative medicines.
Do means justify any end?
Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.
We earn a living by money, we live by giving.
The best forms of victory are by subduing the enemy without physical violence.

2012-2013 (GD/WAT)
What good the moon can be of if it cannot be bought or sold.
The things appear large from the valley, but small from the top of the mountain.
The more you study the more you realize how ignorant you are.
Not only who earns is rich but also the one who gives is also rich.

2011-2012 (GD/WAT)
The bad news in time flies the good news & you are the pilot!
Intuition is the loss of scientific Knowledge.
Glory is transitory but obscurity is forever.
There have been discussions to abolish the death penalty. What are the pros and
cons of abolishing capital punishment?

2010-2011 (GD/WAT)
If there is censorship in movies than why not in advertisements?
Role learning is burdensome but indispensable.

Arab world will definitely have an impact on India.

Are women capable of taking more stress as compared to men?
A person is better in a good environment and a troubled family than in good family
and troubled environment.
Inflation vs. growth

2009-2010 (GD/WAT)
Legalizing doping in sports in modern times.
Essential services like water, electricity should not be privatized.
In India, Should minorities be given the first right to resource?
Unpleasant prison terms can lead to faster reformation against criminals.
Womens quota will increase gender disparity.
In a socialist Country such as India, should salaries of executives be regulated?
Right to Education.
The nuclear liability bill.
GE and GM Crops (The Bt Brinjal case).
IPL: Sports and Glamour?
Unique Identification Numbers will be panacea to Indias problems.

2008-2009 (GD/WAT)
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition by mediocre minds.
Helping hands are better than praying lips.
Necessity is the mother of all inventions.
Habit and routine can waste and destroy.
Thinking about the worst always prepares you for the worst.
Education is the progressive discovery of our ignorance.
He who knows being poor knows everything.
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in 7 years.

2007-2008 (GD)
Education is what remains after one forgets what one has learnt in school.
Hope for ill gains is the beginning of loss.
Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should not be rationalized.
Law is the creation of the strong to rule the weak.

IIM Kozhikode
2014-2015 (GD/WAT)
Politicians should be asked to go to business school.
Negative effects of Animal Conservation Practices.
Politicians should attend a business school.
Package shouldn't be the sole criteria while deciding a job.

2013-2014 (GD/WAT)
Presidential form of election should be held in India or not.

What should be the priority of India in the 21st century - employment or

entrepreneurship?
Poverty is just a state of mind.
Are the efforts of political parties and youth empowerment?
Should medical profession be included under the consumer protection act.
MNCs are colonizing the Indian market.

2012-2013 (WAT)
Objectivity is the summation of subjectivity.
Equality may perhaps be your right but it is not practically required.
If everybody is thinking alike it means someone is not thinking.
A true friend stabs you from the front.
Friendship is unnecessary; it is not required for our survival but adds value to our
survival.
"The true essence of democracy can be judged by a ten minute conversation with a
voter " Winston Churchill.

2011-2012 (WAT)
To disbelieve is easy, to scoff is simple but to have faith is hard.
Adventure is very easy to write about but very hard for one who is doing it.
Sometimes we put walls not to keep people out but to see who cares enough to
break in.
A child can be forgiven when he is afraid of dark, but the real tragedy of life is when
men are afraid of light.

2010-2011 (WAT)
What is the measure of success for a man or for that matter for a woman?
Intuition is the most valuable thing.
Reality is an illusion, but a persistent one.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological Criminal.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be
counted.
Life has no meaning. Rather, it has a meaning which we don't understand.

2009-2010 (WAT)
An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind.
Man is born ignorant; not stupid, but is education making him stupid?
Genetically modified plants can improve food security for a country like India which
has an ever growing population.
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the govt. itself feels secure.
'Man is a credulous animal; he needs something to believe in. If he doesn't find
anything good to believe in, he'll believe in something bad'.
Opinion formation is encouraged only when government is secure about its
existence.
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once
eccentric.

History is always the story of the victor and not the vanquished.
Martin Luther King's quote 'If you cannot die for something, you do not deserve
to live'.

2008-2009 (GD)
Discussion on a person who is a perfectionist. It was about his pursuit for
perfection because of which he was not even able to deliver something which was
good. How does this affect his career?
Janaki is working in some BPO or IT company. She is now called Jane. For her, 4th
July is the Indian Independence Day. She works when people are sleeping. She has
no social life, no identity, etc. So, do you think this industry is killing the current
generation of India?
A discussion on the changing Indian society and its values. How kissing has taken
the place of the traditional Indian Namaste.
A discussion in which the following article was given. In the year 2006, TIME
magazine voted "YOU" as the man of the year. Social technologies have given
power back to the people. E.g. Wikipedia, YouTube and social networking sites.
During the aftermath of terror attacks in Mumbai, power of people was again seen.
Government seems to losing power. You are the power now".

2007-2008 (GD)
What should be done to uplift status of Muslims?
Should PSUs be privatized?
SEZs- Impact on farmers.
Poaching of tigers: decreasing numbers in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

IIM Shillong
2014-2015 (WAT/GD)
Is FDI in defense really necessary for India? What are positives and negatives?
Inflation and its social effects.
Work experience is a prerequisite for MBA education.

2012-2013 (WAT/GD)
Students were asked to evaluate the case of a successful bakery shop, which
received a big order from an international bakery company, 'The Cake
International'. Data on the bakery shop's profit and losses along with other
information was provided. Students were asked to give their advice on whether the
bakery shop should go ahead with the Cake International's proposal or not.
A company wanted to reduce its labor cost, so it moved to a new place where it
acquired cheap fresh talent. In this process the company's supplier lost 18% of its
employees to this company. What should the company do, move back and incur
losses, or stay there with new employees and suffer supply shortage because of
migration.
Which is more important: experience or talent of the youth?

2011-2012 (GD)
Arabic Prison system vs. Indian Prison system.
Being agriculture minister of India what will you do to regulate onion prices?

Recently MPss were given 50k Rupees to buy tabs and digitize work. Is the hard
earned money of Indian taxpayers being misused?
Subsidy on LPG should be removed.

2010-2011 (Case Study)

A case about a civil officer in a north eastern state who is very honest and is known
for his integrity. He has more enemies than friends. Sonin-law wants him to use
his position to win him a tender of 2 lack computers for state government or else
he will commit suicide touse his position to win him a tender of 2 lacs computers
for state government or else he will commit suicide. Students had to discuss the
case and suggest a solution.
A manager of a company producing toxic material has received a notice from
nearby people that the company is polluting environment. So either they should
shift there company or should adopt eco-friendly methods.
A guy is unemployed. Decides to start a BPO. He almost clears all the hurdles but
struck with OS installation in computers. He doesn't have any capital left. The Bank
is unwilling to give loans. What should he do?
The Tribals at Andaman are facing certain problems. The authorities are to decide
between losing revenue and protecting the Tribals.
Case related to Student Council starting a Stationery store within campus to
benefit the students. They purchase at wholesale prices and sell at rates cheaper
than outside market. They gain handsome 10% profit margin. They plan 2 take up
loan and expand their services to people staying in the nearby area too. However,
few days later they face opposition from a group of students, claiming that the
council have greater interests and are corrupt. What should the student council
do?

2009-2010 (Case Study)

A person working with a consulting firm gets an opportunity to sell some very
important data to another major competitor in the market for a big amount. His
own company is not ethical in its practices. What should the person do?
An advertisement agency is known for originality of work. It has been given a
deadline for a huge contract. The design team of the agency finds the deadline too
short. Someone in the design team suggests picking up the idea of another ad firm
in a foreign country. Should they steal the idea and complete work within the
deadline or be original and risk losing the contract?
A guy is unemployed. Decides to start a BPO. He almost clears all the hurdles but
struck with OS installation in computers. He doesn't have any capital left. The Bank
is unwilling to give loans. What should he do?
The Tribals at Andaman are facing certain problems. The authorities are to decide
between losing revenue and protecting the tribals.
Case related to Student Council starting a Stationery store within campus to
benefit the students. They purchase at wholesale prices and sell at rates cheaper
than outside market. They gain handsome 10% profit margin. They plan to take up
loan and expand their services to people staying in the nearby area too. However,
few days later they face opposition from a group of students, claiming that the
council have greater interests and are corrupt. What should the student council
do?

2008-2009 (Case Study)

Mr. Vinod Joshi of Neon Engineering is in a dilemma whether to increase payment
to Sinha Industries after the bidding process has been completed. Sinha Industries

had increased the quality of their products and wants arise in payment per
product. Sinha Industries has over 65% of their revenue coming from Neon
Engineering. What should Mr. Joshi do?
There is an employee, Narain in a software company who had earlier worked in a
hardware company. He's been recruited here because of his previous experience.
He along with 2 other fresher was recruited for the job but put on provisional basis
for 1 yr. After some months, Siva Dasia, the head of Deptt. of Computer Sciences in
the company makes it clear to Narain and the other heads to whom Narain report,
that Narain's work has not been up to the mark. So, Siva Dasia helps Narain to get
another job by giving him letters of Recommendation. Narian files a court case that
he's been asked to leave the company despite good performance and also misuses
the LORs that Siva Dasia has given him to prove his case in the court. The court
puts a stay on Narain's removal from the company. Now what should Siva Dasia
do?
A case study involving the director of some agricultural dept. and the impact of the
proposals by Non-EU and EU groups about subsidies in agricultural sector.
There is a farming community called Beris. They have been cultivating groundnuts
in some region for a long time. 30 years ago a herder community came into the
area and they were grazing animals on some unused land. There was some water
hole also. Some people of the herder community settled there and started growing
vegetables. Things were fine b/w herders and the farmers. Now government is
planning an irrigation project which will provide irrigation to the unused land. So
both the communities want to claim the unused/unregistered land. The Beris
(farmers) think that they can grow cash crops. The herders also want the land since
they have been using it for more than 30 years. To settle land disputes like this/to
give unregistered land away to villagers govt. has established rural councils. Rural
councils have a reputation of being unfair and favoring vested interests. What
should the herders do?

IIT Delhi
2014-2015 (GD)
Ultimate Political solution for India.
Social Security in India.

2013-2014 (GD)
Does India focus on its status in sports?
Indian Economy.

2012-2013 (GD)
Success of B-Schools in India.
How India can become a sustainable economy.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
How can crimes be reduced in India.
Social security in India.

2011-2012 (GD)
India is going to lose its No. 1 position in Outsourcing.
Is change good?
Should stag entries be banned in clubs and pubs?

Salaries in corporate sector should be regulated.

2010-2011 (GD)
Should India shift focus from service sector to manufacturing sector?
Leaders are born not made.
Relevance of relativity and relevance.
Apple or Orange?
Tedha hai par mera hai.

2009-2010 (GD)
Silence is golden.
There should be any topic in GD or not?
Jack of all trades is better than.
Mobile boon or bane?
Liberalization is the worst policy.
Leaders are born, not made.
Relevance of relativity and relatives.

2008-2009 (GD)
Jaago Re or Jai Ho!
Should higher education be privatized?
Obama or Osama?
Greed, Good or Bad?
Mobiles- Boon or Bane
Defense or Development?
A stitch in time saves nine.
If everybody does everything, nobody does anything.
Last is not the Least.
Life without internet.
Consumer is never satisfied.
Outsourcing: Boon or Bane?

2007-2008 (GD)
Power-nucleate or nuclear.
Haste makes waste.
Rapid transmission: Good or bad?
Gandhi and Leini.

IIT Mumbai
2014-2015 (WAT)
Planning is not required for the growth of India. Is it true?
Government should ban CBFC?
Is FDI in defense really necessary for India? What are positives and negatives?
Technology is a double edge sword. It should be managed carefully.

Planning is not required for the growth of India. Is it true?

Scenario KFC Food joint, why do you think it is not successful. (50 words)
Government should ban CBFC?

2013-2014 (WAT)
Knowledge based economy is imp to achieve the economic boom of India.
Comprehension summarize it.
Is pollution because of manufacturing industries? Environment impact?
Crony capitalism in India.
Many countries worry about environmental issues does India need to worry?
Scenario KFC Food joint, why do you think it is not successful. (50 words)
Precis Writing A business case study of approximately 200 words was given and
one had to conclude it in 50 words.
The current Indian economy general scenario.

2012-2013 (Case Study)

Your boss has asked you to indulge yourself in an unethical practice which would
help your company reap big profit. How will you deny his order without landing
your job in any danger?
Can a congestion tax help in decongesting our cities?
Discuss the ways to boost the GDP.
What is the way ahead for self sufficiency in electricity in the country?

2011-2012 (Case Study)

A young diploma graduate is employed with a team of old time employees. He is
perturbed by their casual approach to work. How should he resolve this difference
in attitude?
No. of working hours increased in an organization and people are not happy about
it. What should be done?
A person joins a company as a manager based on his interview. Company has a
discouraging work culture with younger people arguing with the older lot.
The manager adopts a strategy where he punishes his employees. Is he right or
wrong?
Is it right to argue with old people?
For promotion an employee is trained and after 4 months of training he wants to
switch.
What should the company H.R. do? Discuss the key issues and challenges.

2010-2011 (Case Study)

General case about a guy who started his music company long back and was
worried about communication gap due to expansion.
Mr. Sharma owner of multimillion dollar enterprise feeling a communication gap in
staff due to which problems are occurring and the work is not done properly.
A person has started a new business in music cassette industry and acquired large
business share. His competitors ask him to stop quoting the prices so low. What
should he do?
The case was about a supervisor Suresh Kumar for a distribution firm who had

appointed a new young technical graduate, Sameer, for managing the workers in
the offload process as he was facing problems as workers were not motivated and
were not doing their work properly. Also they were taking frequent breaks. Sameer
tried to motivate them but they didn't listen and the end result was that he was
boycotted from their social activities. There was a senior worker named Shankar
Dada, who spoke to Sameer and Sameer told him that he was happy that he was
leaving the job as he did not want to become like one of them. To this Shankar
retaliated that if you would have been here for long, you would have become one
of us. It was followed by two questions: Q1. Was the supervisor encouraging or
discouraging the workers at their job? Q2. Was Shankar Dada's statement right or
wrong?

2009-2010 (Case Study)

The case was about a FMCG company which gives very expensive training to 9 of its
executives. One of the executives later leaves the company since he doesn't get a
good position in the organization and gets a lucrative offer from a rival. Q1. What
should his manager do in this case? Q2. What should the company do to avoid
such problems?
The case study was about a couple of guys who are good friends, of whom one
gets promoted to become a supervisor. Now the other guy has been coming late
recently and the supervisor doesn't say anything for the first couple of times but
on the third time gives him a written notice. The question was how would you
handle such a situation and what is more important - "to be tough and nice" or "to
be nice and tough?"
The case was about a supervisor Suresh Kumar for a distribution firm who had
appointed a new young technical graduate, Sameer, for managing the workers in
the offload process as he was facing problems as workers were not motivated and
were not doing their work properly. Also they were taking frequent breaks. Sameer
tried to motivate them but they didn't listen and the end result was that he was
boycotted from their social activities. There was a senior worker named Shankar
Dada, who spoke to Sameer and Sameer told him that he was happy that he was
leaving the job as he did not want to become like one of them. To this Shankar
retaliated that if you would have been here for long, you would have become one
of us. It was followed by two questions- Q1. Was the supervisor encouraging or
discouraging the workers at their job? Q2. Was Shankar Dada's statement right or
wrong?

2008-2009 (Case Study)

The case was about a FMCG company which gives very expensive training to 9 of its
executives. One of the executives later leaves the company since he doesn't get a
good position in the organization and gets a lucrative offer from a rival. Q1. What
should his manager do in this case? Q2. What should the company do to avoid
such problems?
The case study was about a couple of guys who are good friends, of whom one
gets promoted to become a supervisor. Now the other guy has been coming late
recently and the supervisor doesn't say anything for the first couple of times but
on the third time gives him a written notice. The question was how would you
handle such a situation and what is more important - "to be tough and nice" or "to
be nice and tough?"
The case was about a supervisor Suresh Kumar for a distribution firm who had
appointed a new young technical graduate, Sameer, for managing the workers in
the offload process as he was facing problems as workers were not motivated and
were not doing their work properly. Also they were taking frequent breaks. Sameer
tried to motivate them but they didn't listen and the end result was that he was
boycotted from their social activities.

There was a senior worker named Shankar Dada, who spoke to Sameer and
Sameer told him that he was happy that he was leaving the job as he did not want
to become like one of them. To this Shankar retaliated that if you would have been
here for long, you would have become one of us. It was followed by two questions:
1.) Was the supervisor encouraging or discouraging the workers at their job 2.) Was
Shankar Dada's statement right or wrong?

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