Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 389 · 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) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) leave the hall (d) check your answers
2. 2.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
4. 4.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) leaving the hall early (c) question numbers right (d) units in each answer
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) all parts answered (c) units in each answer (d) question numbers right
9. 9.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) adding doodles (c) question numbers right (d) reworking key sums
10. 10.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
12. 12.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) leaving the hall early (c) question numbers right (d) reworking key sums
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
14. 14.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) rewriting neat pages (c) spelling of key terms (d) checking page 1 only
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) question numbers right (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) checking page 1 only (c) leaving the hall early (d) reworking key sums
18. 18.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) checking page 1 only
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) rewriting neat pages (c) units in each answer (d) reworking key sums
21. 21.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) labels on diagrams (b) random answer changes (c) leaving the hall early (d) checking page 1 only
22. 22.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) no, only with a reason (b) yes, at random (c) yes, change all (d) always change twice
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
25. 25.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) question numbers right (c) checking page 1 only (d) random answer changes
27. 27.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) labels on diagrams (c) random answer changes (d) roll number written
28. 28.🔍 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
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
31. 31.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it long? (b) is it neat? (c) does it make sense? (d) is it in pencil?
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
33. 33.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your friend’s page (c) your name and roll no. (d) the weather
35. 35.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) labels on diagrams (c) random answer changes (d) staring at the ceiling
38. 38.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) all parts answered (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) spelling of key terms (c) all parts answered (d) checking page 1 only
40. 40.✅ 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

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