Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 245 · 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.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) units in each answer (c) labels on diagrams (d) reworking key sums
3. 3.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) the hall’s colour (c) your friend’s page (d) the weather
5. 5.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) rewriting neat pages (c) adding doodles (d) units in each answer
7. 7.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
10. 10.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) labels on diagrams (c) adding doodles (d) all parts answered
11. 11.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) checking page 1 only (b) reworking key sums (c) roll number written (d) labels on diagrams
12. 12.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
14. 14.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
15. 15.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missed part (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
19. 19.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) adding doodles (d) all parts answered
20. 20.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
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.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) add the answer back (b) do it the same way (c) skip it (d) guess again
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) checking page 1 only (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
26. 26.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) labels on diagrams (c) staring at the ceiling (d) spelling of key terms
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) roll number written (c) units in each answer (d) all parts answered
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
29. 29.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) labels on diagrams (d) random answer changes
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
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.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
35. 35.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
36. 36.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
37. 37.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) roll number written (c) labels on diagrams (d) leaving the hall early
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) spelling of key terms (c) reworking key sums (d) leaving the hall early
39. 39.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
40. 40.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False

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