Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 47 · 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 smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) rewriting neat pages (c) labels on diagrams (d) random answer changes
2. 2.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) checking page 1 only (b) all parts answered (c) question numbers right (d) labels on diagrams
3. 3.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) checking page 1 only (c) adding doodles (d) rewriting neat pages
5. 5.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) your friend’s page (c) the weather (d) the hall’s colour
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) checking page 1 only (d) all parts answered
8. 8.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) units in each answer (c) leaving the hall early (d) spelling of key terms
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) units in each answer (b) adding doodles (c) random answer changes (d) checking page 1 only
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
12. 12.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) units in each answer (d) staring at the ceiling
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
14. 14.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) labels on diagrams (c) random answer changes (d) all parts answered
15. 15.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
17. 17.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
18. 18.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) add the answer back (b) guess again (c) do it the same way (d) skip it
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
22. 22.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it long? (b) is it in pencil? (c) does it make sense? (d) is it neat?
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) all parts answered (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) roll number written (c) question numbers right (d) staring at the ceiling
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
27. 27.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) leave the hall (d) check your answers
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
30. 30.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
32. 32.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
34. 34.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) adding doodles (d) question numbers right
36. 36.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) checking page 1 only (c) leaving the hall early (d) question numbers right
38. 38.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) no, only with a reason (b) always change twice (c) yes, change all (d) yes, at random
39. 39.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True

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