Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 148 · 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) labels on diagrams (b) leaving the hall early (c) adding doodles (d) rewriting neat pages
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
4. 4.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) check your answers (c) chat with others (d) sit and wait
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
9. 9.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, at random (c) yes, change all (d) no, only with a reason
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) spelling of key terms (c) leaving the hall early (d) labels on diagrams
14. 14.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) units in each answer (b) rewriting neat pages (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) reworking key sums (c) random answer changes (d) question numbers right
16. 16.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) units in each answer (c) staring at the ceiling (d) reworking key sums
17. 17.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) random answer changes (c) spelling of key terms (d) roll number written
20. 20.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) checking page 1 only (c) all parts answered (d) question numbers right
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
22. 22.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) roll number written (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) random answer changes
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
26. 26.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) staring at the ceiling (d) spelling of key terms
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
29. 29.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) question numbers right
30. 30.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) roll number written (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
33. 33.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
37. 37.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) add the answer back (c) guess again (d) skip it
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) units in each answer (c) checking page 1 only (d) adding doodles
39. 39.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True

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