Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 31 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) shares without checking (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
7. 7.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) gets angry
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) compares the options
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
13. 13.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) thinks before deciding
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) hears only one side (c) changes mind with proof (d) compares the options
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) thinking very fast (c) clear, fair thinking (d) criticising people
20. 20.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks good questions (c) copies what all do (d) shares without checking
22. 22.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) compares the options (d) never asks why
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) looks for reasons (c) never asks why (d) compares the options
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) thinks before deciding (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) copies what all do (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) shares without checking (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”

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