Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 256 · 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 kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
2. 2.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) roll number written (c) staring at the ceiling (d) rewriting neat pages
5. 5.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) add the answer back (b) guess again (c) skip it (d) do it the same way
6. 6.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) checking page 1 only
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) labels on diagrams (c) adding doodles (d) rewriting neat pages
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) adding doodles (c) all parts answered (d) roll number written
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) all parts answered (c) reworking key sums (d) roll number written
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) leaving the hall early (c) units in each answer (d) question numbers right
14. 14.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
16. 16.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) no, only with a reason (b) always change twice (c) yes, at random (d) yes, change all
17. 17.🔍 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
18. 18.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) reworking key sums (d) adding doodles
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) staring at the ceiling (c) spelling of key terms (d) checking page 1 only
21. 21.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
23. 23.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) all parts answered (b) random answer changes (c) staring at the ceiling (d) checking page 1 only
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
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: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) staring at the ceiling (c) units in each answer (d) random answer changes
30. 30.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) random answer changes (c) leaving the hall early (d) reworking key sums
33. 33.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) staring at the ceiling (c) question numbers right (d) units in each answer
35. 35.🔍 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
36. 36.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) leave the hall (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False

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