Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 820 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) listens to both sides
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
3. 3.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
5. 5.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “How do you know?”
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) check with the school
8. 8.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) backs the louder one (d) hears both sides
11. 11.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) copies a friend
12. 12.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
15. 15.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) believing all you hear (c) criticising people (d) thinking very fast
16. 16.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) looks for reasons
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) thinks before deciding (d) shares without checking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) shares without checking (c) spots missing facts (d) decides in a hurry
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
28. 28.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
29. 29.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) spots missing facts (d) believes every rumour
32. 32.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) compares the options (c) trusts any website (d) ignores the facts
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True

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