Physics Practical Viva Questions
Physics Practical Viva Questions
Here’s an exhaustive list of possible viva questions for each chapter you uploaded,
along with concise answers. The questions are categorized by chapter to ensure
thorough coverage of the topics.
Below are the laws mentioned in the syllabus with their proper statements:
1. Coulomb's Law:
o The force of attraction or repulsion between two stationary point charges is
directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of the charges and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The force
acts along the line joining the charges.
2. Gauss's Law:
o The total electric flux through a closed surface is equal to 1ε0\frac{1}{\
varepsilon_0} times the net charge enclosed within that surface.
1. Superposition Principle:
o The net potential at a point due to multiple charges is the algebraic sum of the
potentials due to each individual charge.
Current Electricity
1. Ohm's Law:
o The current flowing through a conductor between two points is directly
proportional to the voltage across the two points, provided the temperature and
other physical conditions remain constant.
Formula: V=IRV = IR
1. Biot-Savart Law:
o The magnetic field dBdB at a point due to a small current element is directly
proportional to the current II, the length of the element dldl, and the sine of the
angle between the element and the line joining the element to the point, and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance rr between them.
Electromagnetic Induction
Alternating Current
Electromagnetic Waves
1. DEFINE RESISTIVITY
2. WHAT IS THE UNIT OF RESISTIVITY
3. HOW DID YOU CALCULATE RESISTIVITY
4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESISTANCE (R) AND
RESISTIVITY(ROW)
5. DEFINE OHM’S LAW
6. DEFINE CURRENT
7. LEAST COUNT OF SCREW GUAGE=0.01 mm
8. PRINCIPLE BEHIND METER BRIDGE :BALANCED CONDITION
OF WHEAT STONE BRIDGE
9. WHAT ARE UNITS OF CURRENT AND HOW TO VERIFY IT?
10. DEFINE FIGURE OF MERIT?
11. WHAT ARE APPLICATIONS OF CONVEX LENS
12. WHAT ARE THE APPLICATIONS OF CONCAVE AND CONVEX
MIRROR
13. IN THE EXPERIMENT OF I-V CHARACTERISTICS P-N
JUNCTION DIODE WHY THE GRAPH IS NOT STARTING FROM
ORIGIN?
14. WHAT IS DEPLETION LAYER?
15. WHAT IS POTENTIAL BARRIER AND WHAT IS POTENTIAL
BARRIER FOR SILLICON AND GERMANIUM
16. WHAT IS MEAN BY BIAS?
17. WHAT IS FORWARD BIAS?
18. WHAT IS REVERSE BIAS?
19. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY I-V CHARASTICS IN PN JUNCTION
DIODE EXPERIMENT?
20. HOW TO CALCULATE INPUT AND OUTPUT RESISTANCE?
21. STATE THE APPLICATIONS OF P-N JUNCTION DIODE
22. EXPLAIN HALF AND FULL WAVE RECTIFIERS
23. WHAT ARE ENERGY GAP VALUES FOR P AND N IN
SEMICINDUCTORS?
24. WHAT IS PHOTO ELECTRIC EFFECT?
25. WHAT IS REFRACTIVE INDEX
26. WHAT ARE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DEVIATIONS
27. WHAT IS CRITICAL ANGLE
28. WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR TOTAL INTERNAL
REFLECRION
29. WHAT ARE SOE APPLICATIONS OF TOTAL INTERNAL
REFLECTION?
30. STATE SNELLS LAW
31. WHAT IS WAVE FRONT?
32. STATE HUYGENS WAVE THEORY AND WHAT IS THE POINT
WE CONSIDER
33. WHAT IS PRISM?
1. Define Resistivity
Resistance (R): Depends on the material, length, and cross-sectional area of the
conductor.
Unit: Ohms (Ω).
Resistivity (ρ\rho): Depends only on the material’s property, independent of the
length or cross-sectional area.
Unit: Ohm meter (Ω·m).
5. Define Ohm’s Law
6. Define Current
The least count of a screw gauge is 0.01 mm, meaning it can measure up to 0.01 mm
accurately.
The meter bridge works on the balanced condition of a Wheatstone bridge, where
the ratio of resistances in one branch is equal to the ratio in the other.
Applications:
o Magnifying glass.
o Used in cameras, microscopes, and telescopes.
o Corrects farsightedness (hypermetropia).
Concave Mirror:
o Used in shaving mirrors and solar concentrators.
o Reflecting telescopes.
Convex Mirror:
o Used as rearview mirrors in vehicles.
o Security mirrors in shops.
13. Why Doesn't the Graph in the I-V Characteristics of a P-N Junction Start
from the Origin?
The region near the p-n junction where free electrons and holes recombine, leaving
behind immobile ions and creating an electric field.
15. What is Potential Barrier, and Its Values for Silicon and Germanium?
The potential barrier is the voltage across the depletion region that prevents the flow
of charge carriers.
o For Silicon: ~0.7 V.
o For Germanium: ~0.3 V.
Bias refers to the application of voltage across a p-n junction to control its
conductivity.
When the p-side is connected to the negative terminal and the n-side to the positive
terminal, increasing the potential barrier and preventing current flow (except leakage
current).
The I-V characteristics show the relationship between the current (I) and voltage (V)
across the diode, illustrating its behavior in forward and reverse bias.
The energy gap (EgE_g) is ~1.1 eV for silicon and ~0.7 eV for germanium.
The angle of incidence beyond which light undergoes total internal reflection instead
of refraction.
The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is
constant:
sinisinr=n\frac{\sin i}{\sin r} = n.
31. What is a Wavefront?
Every point on a wavefront acts as a source of secondary wavelets, and the new
wavefront is the envelope of these wavelets.
A transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refracts light.