Give two approaches to study Physics.

Name two major groups of Physics.

Quantitative measurement plays major role in Physics, why?

Name the scientific principle behind the technology, 'nuclear reactor'.

Give one major discovery resulted due to basic laws of electricity and magnetism.

Can gravitational force exist without any physical contact between acting bodies?

In macroscopic level of Physics, gravitational force is dominant as compared to electromagnetic force, why?

How much stronger nuclear force is compared to electromagnetic force?

Is strong nuclear force, charge dependent?

What is the range of weak nuclear force?

Give an example of achievement in unification.

Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said, "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible"?

Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma. Give some examples from the history of science, of the validity of this incisive remark.

Politics is the art of possible. Similarly, Science is the art of the soluble. Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science.

"It is more important to have beauty in the equation of Physics than to have them agree with experiments". the great British physicist PAM Dirac held this view. Criticize this statement. Look out for some equations and result in this book which strike you as beautiful.

Though India now has a large base in science and technology which is fast expanding, it is still a long way for realizing its potential for becoming a world leader in Science. Name some important factors, which in your view have hindered the advancement of science in India.

No physicist has ever 'seen' an 'electron'. Yet all Physicists believe in the existence of electron. An intelligent but superstitious man advances this analogy to argue that 'ghosts' exist even though no one has seen one. How will you refute his argument?

The industrial revolution in England and Western Europe more than two centuries ago was triggered by some key scientific and technological advances. What were these advances?

It is often said that the world is witnessing now a second industrial revolution which will transform the society as radically as did the first. List some key contemporary areas of science and technology which are responsible for this revolution.

Write in about 1000 words, a fiction piece based on your speculation on the science and technology of the twenty second century.

Attempt to formulate your moral views on the practice of Science. Imagine yourself stumbling upon a discovery, which has a great academic interest but is certain to have nothing but dangerous consequences for the human society. How, if at all, will you resolve your dilemma?

India has had a long and unbroken tradition of great scholarship in Mathematics, astronomy, linguistics, logic and ethics. Yet, in parallel with this, several superstitious and obscurantistic attitudes and practices flourished in our society and unfortunately continue even today among many educated people too. How will you use your knowledge of science to develop strategies to counter these attitudes?

Though the law gives women equal status in India, many people hold unscientific views on a woman's innate nature, capacity and intelligence and in practice give them a secondary status and role.
Demolish this view using scientific arguments and by quoting examples of great women in science and other spheres and persuade yourself and others that given equal opportunity, women are on par with men.

Science, like any knowledge, can be put to good or bad use, depending on the user. Given below are some of the application of science. Formulate your views on whether the particular application is good, bad or something that cannot be so clearly categorized.
(i) Mass vaccination against small pox to curb and finally eradicate this disease from the population.
(ii) Television for eradication of illiteracy and for mass communication for news and ideas.
(iii) Prenatal sex determination.
(iv) Computers for increase in work efficiency.
(v) Putting artificial satellites around the earth.
(vi) Development of nuclear weapons.
(vii) Development of new and powerful techniques of chemical and biological warfare.
(viii) Purification of water for drinking.
(ix) Plastic surgery.
(x) Cloning.