Sample Questions
Please note that the questions listed below are provided only as supporting sample
questions to help you practice and prepare for the viva.
These are not the exact questions that will be asked during the final viva.
The panel members may ask any relevant questions based on your project, presentation,
demo, implementation, individual contribution, challenges faced, and overall understanding.
Students are therefore advised to use these questions only as a general guide for
preparation and not as a fixed question list.
1. Can you briefly explain your research/project in simple terms?
2. What motivated you to choose this particular topic?
3. What are the key challenges you faced during your research/project?
4. How did you overcome the key challenges you faced?
5. Who are the major influencers or key researchers in your field, and how did they
shape your work?
6. What gap in the existing literature or practice does your study address?
7. Can you justify the methodology you used for your project/research?
8. Were there any limitations in your chosen methodology? How did you deal with
them?
9. What were your most significant findings or results?
10. How do your results compare with existing research or industry practices?
11. Can you explain one of the most critical technical/theoretical concepts in your
work?
12. What tools, frameworks, or technologies did you use, and why?
13. What contribution do you believe your research/project makes to your field?
14. If you had more time or resources, what improvements would you make?
15. How can your findings be applied in real-world practice or industry?
16. What ethical considerations did you take into account in your research/project?
17. Did your project change your perspective on your field of study? How?
18. How would you handle critical feedback or disagreement regarding your
findings?
19. What future research directions or extensions can be built from your work?
20. Looking back, what is the single most important lesson you learned from this
research/project?
21. Which subjects or modules you studied earlier helped you the most in
completing this project?
22. What key skills (technical or soft skills) did you apply during your
research/project?
23. How did teamwork or collaboration (if any) contribute to your success?
24. Did you face any resource constraints (time, data, tools)? How did you manage
them?
25. How do you think this project prepared you for your future career or higher
studies?
26. If someone else were to continue your work, what advice would you give them?
27. How did you validate or ensure the accuracy of your results?
28. How did your group divide responsibilities, and how did you ensure
accountability?
29. Can you explain your project workflow from start to current stage?
30. What was the most difficult decision your group had to make, and why?
31. Did your project idea change over time? If yes, what caused those changes?
32. How did you ensure that all group members contributed equally?
33. What risks did you identify in your project, and how are you managing them?
34. What part of the project are you personally responsible for, and can you explain
it in detail?
35. What assumptions did you make at the beginning of the project? Were they
valid?
36. How do you know your solution actually solves the problem you identified?
37. What alternative solutions did you consider, and why did you reject them?
38. How are you documenting your work to ensure clarity and traceability?