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PE practical viva: what examiners actually ask

A viva is a short conversation. Examiners check whether the file is yours and whether you can keep students safe. Answers should be 20–40 seconds: definition, one example, one safety point.

Game / sport

• Name two fundamental skills and one common fault in each.
• How does a rally or a point start in your game?
• What is the duty of a referee that a player cannot do?
• Draw the playing area and mark the positions you used this year.

Fitness test

• Why did the school choose this test (which fitness component)?
• List the equipment. If you say “stopwatch” you should know who starts it.
• What would a very low score suggest — lack of practice, injury, or a recording error?

Yoga (if in syllabus)

• Name an asana and two contraindications (for example, inverted postures after recent neck injury — follow your teacher’s medical guidance; this is not medical advice).
• Difference between asana and pranayama in one sentence each.

First aid and safety

• RICE for a mild sprain: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation — and when you stop and call a doctor (deformity, numbness, suspected fracture).
• Where is the first-aid kit during your sports day?

Fixtures (Class 12 overlap)

• Number of matches in a knock-out of N teams: N − 1.
• Number of matches in a single league: N(N − 1)/2.
• What is a bye? Why is it given?

Worked examples: Class 12 Unit 1.

How to practise

Ask a classmate to point at a random page of your file and fire two questions. If you look at the page before answering, that page is not yours yet.