Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 311 · 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.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
2. 2.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
3. 3.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) random answer changes (c) adding doodles (d) reworking key sums
4. 4.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
5. 5.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) check your answers (c) chat with others (d) sit and wait
6. 6.🔍 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
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) labels on diagrams (c) checking page 1 only (d) leaving the hall early
9. 9.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) all parts answered (d) checking page 1 only
10. 10.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) labels on diagrams (c) reworking key sums (d) adding doodles
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) random answer changes (c) units in each answer (d) leaving the hall early
13. 13.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) skip it (c) add the answer back (d) guess again
14. 14.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) reworking key sums (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
16. 16.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) the weather (c) your friend’s page (d) the hall’s colour
17. 17.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) question numbers right (c) random answer changes (d) spelling of key terms
20. 20.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
21. 21.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
23. 23.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) units in each answer (c) spelling of key terms (d) checking page 1 only
26. 26.🔍 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
27. 27.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
31. 31.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) rewriting neat pages (c) all parts answered (d) roll number written
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
38. 38.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip

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