If your audience and/or teacher is allowed to ask questions after your speech, make sure you are prepared enough to answer them. The trick is to practice asking yourself questions your audience or teacher might ask after your speech.
So how do you do it?
Try to think of what questions could be asked about your speech. A good idea is to narrow down if your speech is based on strict facts, or mainly by opinions. This can give you an understanding on the type of question you'll be answering. Also, as your practicing memorizing your speech, have a friend or family member listen in and ask questions too. Then you'll be very prepared for any question the audience or teacher may throw at you. Take a deep breath when it's question time, and really listen to what he or she is asking you.
I do agree with you that whatever the speech is, one has to be ready for counter questions. And to answer those questions, one has to have deep knowledge of the speech. Sometime if the person is not ready for such questions and it creates bad impression. In such kind of situation also,confidence helps a lot.
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