Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

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

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