Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 187 · 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 poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) checking page 1 only (d) reworking key sums
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
4. 4.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) staring at the ceiling (c) question numbers right (d) leaving the hall early
6. 6.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
8. 8.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
9. 9.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) chat with others (c) leave the hall (d) sit and wait
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) staring at the ceiling (c) leaving the hall early (d) units in each answer
11. 11.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) labels on diagrams (c) staring at the ceiling (d) rewriting neat pages
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
14. 14.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
16. 16.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) checking page 1 only (c) rewriting neat pages (d) reworking key sums
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) random answer changes (c) leaving the hall early (d) spelling of key terms
21. 21.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) adding doodles (d) reworking key sums
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) labels on diagrams (c) roll number written (d) question numbers right
25. 25.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) checking page 1 only (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a missed part (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
28. 28.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) guess again (c) add the answer back (d) skip it
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) staring at the ceiling (c) adding doodles (d) all parts answered
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) labels on diagrams
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) staring at the ceiling (c) roll number written (d) checking page 1 only
37. 37.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True

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