Critical Thinking Worksheet: Final Test

Critical thinking lesson 24: Final test: critical thinking and problem solving · Set 1 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (Question, check, reason, decide): Find the topic of the question: questions (lessons 1–5), evidence (7–11), reasoning (13–17) or decisions (19–23). Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. If a fact is missing, say “not enough info”; if the rule does not decide it, say “can’t tell”; compare per day, not totals.

1. 1.Which of these is a good sign of a true claim? (a) “Share before deleted!” (b) a strange web address (c) no source or date (d) a clear date
2. 2.📚 A good or poor way to check a fact? “I measured it myself with a ruler.” (a) a good way to check (b) a poor way to check
3. 3.🪞 Helps you improve, or learns nothing: noting what worked? (a) learns nothing (b) helps you improve
4. 4.📚 Reliable or not: an atlas? (a) not reliable (b) usually reliable
5. 5.🛠️ Which problem-solving step is this: see if it helped? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 5
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tests show it works (b) many trials agree (c) it happened once (d) checked facts support it
7. 7.📓 Why keep a thinking diary? (a) to learn from choices (b) to copy friends (c) to show off (d) to fill pages
8. 8.🔍 Clear, or do you need to ask more? “Write a bit about something.” (a) unclear (b) clear
9. 9.🛍️ Ananya has ₹130 and wants something to play outdoors. Which choice fits both needs? (a) skipping rope, ₹90 (b) story book, ₹120 (c) cricket bat, ₹170 (d) magazine, ₹80
10. 10.True or false: “a toy robot” is a need. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔮 If you feel hungry in class, you cannot focus. If you cannot focus, you miss the lesson. If you skip breakfast, you feel hungry in class. Suppose you skip breakfast. What happens in the end? (a) you cannot focus (b) you feel hungry in class (c) you miss the lesson
12. 12.🧩 Rohan bought 5 pens and a water bottle for ₹300 in all. Each pen cost the same. What did one pen cost? (a) not enough info (b) ₹300 (c) ₹295 (d) ₹60
13. 13.True or false: “Rainy days are boring.” is an opinion — it is what someone feels. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔁 A friend shows good evidence that you were wrong. A good thinker says… (a) “No, I’m right.” (b) “Thanks, I see it now.” (c) “I don’t care.” (d) “You’re just lucky.”
15. 15.True or false: “I hadn’t thought of that. Let me think again.” is open-minded. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “asking for feedback” learns nothing. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “The city bus page, dated 2 June, says route 21 changes from Monday.” is likely fake. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “it has lots of likes” is a thinking trap. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Share before deleted!” (b) a prize you never won (c) a named source (d) a strange web address
20. 20.True or false: “The video has a million likes, so it must be right.” is the “everyone does it” trap. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is found with a “who” question? (a) the city she lives in (b) the hour the shop opens (c) the friend who helped (d) the year it was built
22. 22.🧩 Enough evidence or not? “We tested 20 seeds, and 18 of them sprouted.” (a) enough evidence (b) not enough evidence
23. 23.True or false: “Diya didn’t wave back, so she must be angry with me.” is jumping to conclusions. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.📍 Which word starts a question about a place? (a) when (b) why (c) how (d) where
25. 25.True or false: “Everyone has probably gone home.” is an observation — what you see or hear. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) “Did it rain today?” (b) “Do cats purr?” (c) “Why do we yawn?” (d) “Is this kite new?”
27. 27.🔤 Which word often comes just before a cause? (a) so (b) and (c) then (d) because
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) decides in a hurry (d) shares without checking
29. 29.Your teacher has just given a task. Which of these is a clarifying question? (a) “Who cares, anyway?” (b) “Can we skip it?” (c) “Where do we meet?” (d) “Can I go home now?”
30. 30.🛠️ Does this help solve a problem, or get in the way: trying again? (a) gets in the way (b) helps solve it
31. 31.True or false: “It must have rained.” is an inference — a guess from clues. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these helps you improve? (a) trying a new way (b) blaming bad luck (c) saying “who cares” (d) forgetting the lesson
33. 33.🪤 Thinking trap or fair reason: “everyone is doing it”? (a) a fair reason (b) a thinking trap
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the place of the party (b) the spot your bag is (c) the person in charge (d) the city she lives in
35. 35.🔮 Thinking ahead or acting on impulse: thinking of others? (a) thinking ahead (b) acting on impulse
36. 36.🪤 Which thinking trap is this? “Everybody in class believes it, so it must be true.” (a) everyone does it (b) lucky charm (c) attacking the person (d) one means all
37. 37.🛒 A 2 kg bag of rice costs ₹80 and a 1 kg bag costs ₹45. Which is cheaper per kg? (a) the 1 kg bag (b) can’t tell (c) the 2 kg bag (d) both the same
38. 38.Which of these is not a reliable source? (a) a science textbook (b) a random website (c) your class teacher (d) an atlas
39. 39.Which of these is thinking ahead? (a) acting without thinking (b) only thinking of now (c) imagining what follows (d) ignoring warnings
40. 40.True or false: “honey is yummy” is a fact. (a) False (b) True

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