Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 538 · 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: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) skip it (c) add the answer back (d) do it the same way
4. 4.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) units in each answer
5. 5.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) chat with others
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) spelling of key terms (c) leaving the hall early (d) rewriting neat pages
8. 8.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) labels on diagrams (c) roll number written (d) rewriting neat pages
13. 13.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) does it make sense? (b) is it neat? (c) is it long? (d) is it in pencil?
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
16. 16.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) staring at the ceiling (c) all parts answered (d) random answer changes
19. 19.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, at random (b) yes, change all (c) always change twice (d) no, only with a reason
20. 20.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) roll number written (c) checking page 1 only (d) reworking key sums
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) all parts answered (c) adding doodles (d) spelling of key terms
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) rewriting neat pages (c) all parts answered (d) leaving the hall early
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
24. 24.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) all parts answered (c) roll number written (d) spelling of key terms
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
30. 30.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
33. 33.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) question numbers right (c) staring at the ceiling (d) leaving the hall early
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) checking page 1 only (c) reworking key sums (d) rewriting neat pages
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
37. 37.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) random answer changes (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
40. 40.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) reworking key sums (c) rewriting neat pages (d) staring at the ceiling

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