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Physics Practical Exam Viva Voce
Physics Practical Exam Viva Voce
Hi Students!
The practical examinations are accompanied by viva voce by the external/internal examiner to
ensure the genuineness of their work and to analyse the understanding of the subject by the
students.
So it is important to prove yourself by performing well in the viva voce.
The following questions will be of some help to prepare well for it. Please remember that the
questions following the first is based on your answer to the first question. (However, there are
some examiners who come with some questions written on their diary or paper and blindly ask
from them. For them, please prepare the questions which are printed on the practical manual.)
Questions based on screw gauge experiments
1. Define leastcount of a screw gauge
2. Define pitch
3. What is backlash error? How is it avoided?
4. What is zero error? How is it determined?
5. When do you say that the zero error is positive or negative?
6. What are random errors? How can you minimise them?
7. What is the use of ratchet in a screw gauge?
26. Why does the resistance of a conductor increases with temperature, whereas that of a
semiconductor decreases with temperature.
27. What is conductance?
28. What are non ohmic devices? give an example.
29. What are superconductors?
30. Define emf
31. Why emf is said to be a misnomer?
32. What happens if the battery used in the primary circuit of a potentiometer has less emf
compared to the emf of the cell used in the secondary circuit?
33. If you find that the galvanometer reading is shaky, what error can you expect?
34. What do you mean by figure of merit of a galvanometer?
35. Why a moving coil galvanometer is called so?
36. What is the principle of a galvanometer