Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 459 · 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) check your answers (d) sit and wait
2. 2.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) leaving the hall early (b) question numbers right (c) units in each answer (d) labels on diagrams
3. 3.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) add the answer back (c) guess again (d) skip it
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) spelling of key terms (c) random answer changes (d) leaving the hall early
7. 7.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) question numbers right (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
8. 8.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) random answer changes
10. 10.🔍 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
11. 11.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) leaving the hall early (c) spelling of key terms (d) all parts answered
15. 15.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
17. 17.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) random answer changes (c) all parts answered (d) reworking key sums
18. 18.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
19. 19.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
22. 22.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) units in each answer (c) checking page 1 only (d) rewriting neat pages
23. 23.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
30. 30.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
33. 33.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) roll number written (b) random answer changes (c) rewriting neat pages (d) staring at the ceiling
34. 34.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
35. 35.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) spelling of key terms (c) random answer changes (d) staring at the ceiling
36. 36.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
39. 39.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) question numbers right (c) units in each answer (d) rewriting neat pages
40. 40.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check

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