The methodology of questioning varies from examiner to examiner. The normal way of questioning is to start from the experiment you are alloted.
Example:

What experiment are you doing?
Ans: To determine the value of unknown resistance using metre bridge (Don’t say just metre bridge or unknown resistance alone; you should tell the complete aim of the experiment.)

What is the principle on which the experiment is based?

Ans: The metre bridge experiment is based on the Wheatstone’s Bridge Principle

(You can go on to state the principle; or it will be the next question)

Then the examiner may go on to ask some tricky questions related to Wheatstone’s Bridge.

The questions are generally based on what you answer and usually different sections are asked when you do not give a satisfactory answer.

Have good presence of mind and think before you answer.

You can find some sample questions here arranged experimentwise

A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION
Received by email
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL – POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.
But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent ) Read more…

We can define time management as the different techniques through which an individual can utilize his time and other associated resources. Moreover, time management brings many benefits for the students such as gaining on time,get motivated and learn to take initiatives, manage to minimize evasion of any sort and much more. You can not get time to review your learning. By time management, you can manage to reduce nervousness.
You are probably here because you want to make the most of your time. You recognize that time is a unique and precious resource that you need in order to do your work and accomplish your goals.
Personal time management skills are essential skills for effective people. People who use these techniques routinely are the highest achievers in all walks of life, from business to sport to public service. If you use these skills well, then you will be able to function exceptionally well, even under intense pressure.
At the heart of time management is an important shift in focus:

Concentrate on results, not on being busy

15 Time Management Tips Read more…

A General Briefing on Studying Physics (for Indian Students)

Quite often we hear “There is no substitute for hard work”

Everyone you come across advise you to work hard.

But,

Mere hard work  will not pay.

I know several students who work hard and spent many hours a day in front of books but score pathetic marks / grades.

Why is it so?

What is the problem?

What went wrong?

When we come to Physics, (and in General, Science) reading alone will not help you score big. Whether you read again and again or write the concepts several times, you will not be able to score commendable marks unless you understand the concepts thoroughly and apply the concepts to different situations independently.

Just take the case of “Principle of Conservation of Momentum”

There is no end to the number of questions which can be framed from this single concept.

So, The basic point is understanding concepts  thoroughly.

But How?

Thinking on what you read, hear or see is very important in understanding Physics. When you think, many questions will arise in your mind. Finding the answers to these questions form the basic of understanding the concept.

When you have a question, ask it to your teacher or discuss with your friends.

Remember, A question asked or an idea shared by you may be the beginning of the next scientific revolution

Which Text book?

The NCERT Text book is the one which Indian students should take as the basic one. Not only the +2 level exams and entrance exams but even the Civil Services exams mainly base the core syllabus on the NCERT texts.

The main complaint from the students and some ‘others’’ is that the NCERT  text book is incomplete and donot convey the full idea at several places.

This is intentional. The incompleteness is penned in wisely to enable the students to ask questions and explore beyond the text book.

Telling everything is not the scientific way of learning. There is sufficient scope left in the text book for the students to explore the world they live in and learn themselves.

As the Chinese proverb says,

“Don’t give fish to a hungry man, instead teach him how to fish” (Then he will not be hungry anymore)

Learning to learn is more important than learning itself.

No single text book can tell you everything. No single teacher can tell you everything. A lot is learnt by self through thinking, contemplation, experiment and interrogation.

The NCERT Text Book concentrates on the prescribed syllabus as the core content and give hints, probes and thrusts at places for the readers to go beyond the textbooks and the curriculum.

For scoring good marks in Physics, it is very important master “the  art of problem solving” . Start with solving all the numerical and conceptual problems of the NCERT text book and then go on to solve as much related problems as you can.

Make it a habit to solve 20 – 25 numerical problems related to the topics you learn in Physics daily.

… To be continued.

(Expect soon articles on “managing time”  , preparing for Exams,  “How to Revise” and related items)

If you have questions, please leave a comment.

Robert H. Grubbs the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry 2005 says

“You don’t have to WORK all the time,

But

You have to THINK  all the time”

Reading or studying without thinking is futile. As I said earlier, In learning science, Questioning every answer is more important than answering every question.

Don’t just be satisfied by the mere facts and figures given in texts or said by your teachers.

Ask questions yourself first, clarify the concepts and find answers to the questions arising in your mind and discuss your answers with your friends and teachers.

Let them question your answers and you try defending your answers.

This way everyone will be tempted to think and question the answers.