Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 290 · 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) units in each answer (b) adding doodles (c) reworking key sums (d) question numbers right
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
5. 5.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) question numbers right (c) checking page 1 only (d) rewriting neat pages
6. 6.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) labels on diagrams (b) leaving the hall early (c) random answer changes (d) rewriting neat pages
8. 8.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) no, only with a reason (b) always change twice (c) yes, change all (d) yes, at random
9. 9.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) units in each answer (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) adding doodles (c) checking page 1 only (d) units in each answer
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
12. 12.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) question numbers right (c) spelling of key terms (d) leaving the hall early
16. 16.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your name and roll no. (c) the weather (d) your friend’s page
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
18. 18.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) rewriting neat pages (c) leaving the hall early (d) reworking key sums
21. 21.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) leaving the hall early
23. 23.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) leave the hall (d) check your answers
24. 24.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
27. 27.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) adding doodles (c) spelling of key terms (d) staring at the ceiling
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
31. 31.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) staring at the ceiling (c) units in each answer (d) labels on diagrams
32. 32.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) adding doodles (c) leaving the hall early (d) labels on diagrams
35. 35.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) roll number written (b) rewriting neat pages (c) checking page 1 only (d) adding doodles
36. 36.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
37. 37.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) staring at the ceiling (c) rewriting neat pages (d) all parts answered
38. 38.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
40. 40.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False

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