Checking Evidence Worksheet: Part 2 Test

Critical thinking lesson 12: Part 2 test: check the evidence · Set 64 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Evidence before belief): Find the skill: fact or opinion, source, evidence, fake claim or observation. Use that lesson’s tip — can it be checked; who really knows; enough cases and no missing fact; warning signs; seen or guessed. If a fact you need is missing, the answer is “not enough info”.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) someone ate the cake (b) he drank the juice (c) someone spilt water (d) the door is open
2. 2.📊 Fact or opinion: bees make honey? (a) opinion (b) fact
3. 3.True or false: “Kabir probably ate the biscuits.” is an observation — what you see or hear. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is an observation? (a) the baby is hungry (b) someone ate the cake (c) the bell rang (d) he drank the juice
5. 5.🔐 A message says you won a prize and asks for your password. What do you do? (a) click the link (b) tell a parent (c) send the password (d) forward it to friends
6. 6.True or false: “the bus timetable” is not a reliable source. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) plants need water (b) cows give milk (c) a year has 12 months (d) dogs are the best pets
8. 8.🧩 Aarav bought 4 mangoes for ₹140 in all. Each mango cost the same. What did one mango cost? (a) ₹35 (b) not enough info (c) ₹140 (d) ₹40
9. 9.👀 Observation or inference: “The plant’s leaves are yellow.” (a) an inference (b) an observation
10. 10.📝 What does “evidence” mean? (a) a loud opinion (b) a guess (c) a rumour (d) facts that support it
11. 11.📊 Fact or opinion: “The Sun rises in the east.” (a) an opinion (b) a fact
12. 12.🕵️ Which question helps check an online claim? (a) “Is it colourful?” (b) “Who wrote this?” (c) “Is it long?” (d) “How many likes?”
13. 13.📚 A good or poor way to check a fact? “My cousin’s friend heard it somewhere.” (a) a poor way to check (b) a good way to check
14. 14.🗺️ You want to find which state a city is in. Which is best? (a) a cookbook (b) an atlas (c) an old rumour (d) a joke book
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the bell rang (b) the cake is half gone (c) the cup is empty (d) someone spilt water
16. 16.True or false: “There are crumbs on Kabir’s plate.” is an observation — what you see or hear. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a warning sign of a fake claim? (a) a named source (b) ALL CAPS and !!! (c) trusted sites agree (d) facts you can check
18. 18.Which of these is an inference? (a) the baby is crying (b) the cake is half gone (c) class must be over (d) the door is open
19. 19.👀 Observation or inference: someone left it open? (a) inference (b) observation
20. 20.🧩 Aarav is 12 years old. Nisha is older than Aarav. How old is Nisha? (a) 14 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) not enough info
21. 21.📚 Two trusted books give the same fact. This makes the fact… (a) more likely true (b) an opinion (c) less likely true (d) definitely false
22. 22.True or false: “The Sun rises in the east.” is a fact — it can be checked. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) homework is boring (b) winter is the best (c) bees make honey (d) milk tastes awful
24. 24.📚 A good or poor way to check a fact? “A message said so, and it had 50 forwards.” (a) a good way to check (b) a poor way to check
25. 25.🧩 Enough evidence or not? “We measured the plant every day for a month; it grew 9 cm.” (a) not enough evidence (b) enough evidence
26. 26.True or false: “someone ate the cake” is an observation. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “The plant’s leaves are yellow.” is an observation — what you see or hear. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “the floor is wet” is an observation. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “We tested 20 seeds, and 18 of them sprouted.” gives enough evidence. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “A triangle has three sides.” is an opinion — it is what someone feels. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Maths is more fun than art.” is an opinion — it is what someone feels. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “too good to be true” is a warning sign of a fake claim. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “homework is boring” is a fact. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is usually a reliable source? (a) a dictionary (b) a video with no name (c) a comment with no name (d) a guess by a friend
35. 35.🛡️ Warning sign or good sign: a named source? (a) a warning sign (b) a good sign
36. 36.🧩 A box has 5 rows of laddoos, with 6 in each row. How many laddoos are in the box? (a) 11 (b) not enough info (c) 36 (d) 30
37. 37.📏 How can you check the fact “The table is 1 metre long”? (a) measure it (b) guess (c) ask if it is nice (d) vote on it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ALL CAPS and !!! (b) trusted sites agree (c) a clear date (d) a named source
39. 39.True or false: “the school notice board” is not a reliable source. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🍪 The biscuit tin is empty, and there are crumbs on the table. Which is an observation? (a) there are crumbs (b) someone was hungry (c) the dog did it (d) Kabir ate them

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