Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 399 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
7. 7.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
8. 8.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears only a friend
9. 9.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
12. 12.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) thinking very fast (c) believing all you hear (d) criticising people
13. 13.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) looks for reasons (c) trusts any website (d) checks the facts first
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) listens to both sides (d) trusts any website
22. 22.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) changes mind with proof (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) copies what all do (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
29. 29.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) thinks before deciding
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) ignores the facts
38. 38.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides

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