Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 482 · 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.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
2. 2.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) checking page 1 only (c) staring at the ceiling (d) units in each answer
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
4. 4.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) units in each answer (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) reworking key sums (d) leaving the hall early
6. 6.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) staring at the ceiling (c) adding doodles (d) labels on diagrams
9. 9.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) random answer changes (d) all parts answered
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) question numbers right (c) roll number written (d) units in each answer
11. 11.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) your friend’s page (c) your name and roll no. (d) the hall’s colour
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
13. 13.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
14. 14.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) adding doodles
15. 15.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
17. 17.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) roll number written (c) all parts answered (d) question numbers right
21. 21.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) leave the hall (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) spelling of key terms (c) checking page 1 only (d) staring at the ceiling
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) checking page 1 only (c) rewriting neat pages (d) question numbers right
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) labels on diagrams (c) units in each answer (d) random answer changes
28. 28.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) labels on diagrams (c) leaving the hall early (d) roll number written
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) spelling of key terms (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
30. 30.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) skip it (c) do it the same way (d) add the answer back
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
32. 32.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
34. 34.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) random answer changes (d) question numbers right
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
38. 38.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, at random (b) always change twice (c) yes, change all (d) no, only with a reason
39. 39.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False

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