Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 12 · 40 questions

Study tip (Hunt the slips): Smart checks: units in each answer, all parts answered, question numbers right, roll number written, key sums reworked, spelling of key terms, labels on diagrams. Kinds of slips: calculation slip (7 × 8 = 54), copying slip (45 used as 54), missed part (only part (a)), missing unit (20 instead of 20 cm²). Does the answer make sense? A pencil does not cost ₹4,000.

1. 1.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) adding doodles (c) checking page 1 only (d) roll number written
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
3. 3.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
7. 7.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) spelling of key terms
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
12. 12.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) add the answer back (b) guess again (c) skip it (d) do it the same way
13. 13.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) the hall’s colour (c) your name and roll no. (d) your friend’s page
15. 15.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) all parts answered (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) leaving the hall early
17. 17.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
18. 18.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) rewriting neat pages (d) reworking key sums
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) random answer changes (c) labels on diagrams (d) checking page 1 only
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) checking page 1 only (c) roll number written (d) labels on diagrams
22. 22.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) all parts answered (c) roll number written (d) staring at the ceiling
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) roll number written (c) checking page 1 only (d) leaving the hall early
24. 24.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) checking page 1 only (b) units in each answer (c) labels on diagrams (d) spelling of key terms
25. 25.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) question numbers right (c) leaving the hall early (d) labels on diagrams
26. 26.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, at random (b) no, only with a reason (c) always change twice (d) yes, change all
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) roll number written (c) labels on diagrams (d) all parts answered
28. 28.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) all parts answered (c) random answer changes (d) units in each answer
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) roll number written (c) units in each answer (d) all parts answered
32. 32.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
34. 34.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
35. 35.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
36. 36.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) adding doodles (c) random answer changes (d) checking page 1 only
39. 39.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) reworking key sums (c) roll number written (d) all parts answered

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