Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

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

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