Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 407 · 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.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) do it the same way (c) skip it (d) add the answer back
5. 5.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) checking page 1 only (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
8. 8.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.✅ 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
10. 10.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) roll number written (c) adding doodles (d) units in each answer
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) staring at the ceiling (c) all parts answered (d) adding doodles
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
14. 14.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, change all (c) no, only with a reason (d) yes, at random
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) checking page 1 only (c) reworking key sums (d) labels on diagrams
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
19. 19.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) chat with others
20. 20.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) leaving the hall early (c) question numbers right (d) units in each answer
21. 21.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) rewriting neat pages (c) reworking key sums (d) random answer changes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) labels on diagrams (c) rewriting neat pages (d) reworking key sums
26. 26.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
28. 28.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
30. 30.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) spelling of key terms (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) staring at the ceiling (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) units in each answer (d) staring at the ceiling
34. 34.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) adding doodles (c) leaving the hall early (d) staring at the ceiling
38. 38.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) adding doodles (c) units in each answer (d) reworking key sums
40. 40.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time

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