Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 190 · 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 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
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
6. 6.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
8. 8.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) check your answers (c) sit and wait (d) leave the hall
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) spelling of key terms (c) checking page 1 only (d) question numbers right
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) staring at the ceiling (c) reworking key sums (d) labels on diagrams
13. 13.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) checking page 1 only (c) adding doodles (d) reworking key sums
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
16. 16.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) staring at the ceiling (d) all parts answered
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
20. 20.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) no, only with a reason (c) yes, at random (d) yes, change all
22. 22.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) units in each answer (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) staring at the ceiling (c) rewriting neat pages (d) random answer changes
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
27. 27.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
29. 29.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
32. 32.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) spelling of key terms (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
34. 34.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.✅ 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
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) question numbers right (c) roll number written (d) spelling of key terms
40. 40.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True

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