Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 328 · 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.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
2. 2.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) the hall’s colour (c) your friend’s page (d) the weather
3. 3.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) spelling of key terms (c) random answer changes (d) checking page 1 only
5. 5.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
6. 6.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, change all (b) always change twice (c) yes, at random (d) no, only with a reason
8. 8.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
11. 11.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) adding doodles (c) labels on diagrams (d) question numbers right
12. 12.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (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.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
16. 16.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) add the answer back (c) do it the same way (d) skip it
18. 18.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
21. 21.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) roll number written (c) reworking key sums (d) checking page 1 only
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
24. 24.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) staring at the ceiling (c) spelling of key terms (d) roll number written
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) leaving the hall early
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
35. 35.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missed part (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check

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