Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 137 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
2. 2.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) leaving the hall early (b) spelling of key terms (c) labels on diagrams (d) all parts answered
3. 3.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) labels on diagrams (c) staring at the ceiling (d) adding doodles
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) adding doodles (c) staring at the ceiling (d) all parts answered
6. 6.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your friend’s page (b) the weather (c) your name and roll no. (d) the hall’s colour
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) checking page 1 only (c) leaving the hall early (d) question numbers right
9. 9.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) leave the hall (d) check your answers
10. 10.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) no, only with a reason (c) yes, change all (d) yes, at random
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) reworking key sums (c) units in each answer (d) random answer changes
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) roll number written
17. 17.🔍 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 missing unit (d) a missed part
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) reworking key sums (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
19. 19.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) skip it (c) add the answer back (d) do it the same way
20. 20.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
23. 23.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
24. 24.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
27. 27.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) checking page 1 only (c) random answer changes (d) question numbers right
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
29. 29.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
33. 33.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it long? (b) is it neat? (c) does it make sense? (d) is it in pencil?
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) staring at the ceiling (c) question numbers right (d) units in each answer
36. 36.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) rewriting neat pages (c) units in each answer (d) checking page 1 only
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) reworking key sums (c) units in each answer (d) leaving the hall early
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) labels on diagrams (d) checking page 1 only
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) reworking key sums (c) labels on diagrams (d) question numbers right

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