Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 542 · 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) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) checking page 1 only (d) roll number written
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
4. 4.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) the hall’s colour (c) your friend’s page (d) your name and roll no.
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) spelling of key terms (d) rewriting neat pages
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) rewriting neat pages (d) question numbers right
8. 8.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
10. 10.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) all parts answered (c) spelling of key terms (d) random answer changes
12. 12.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) checking page 1 only (c) units in each answer (d) all parts answered
16. 16.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) adding doodles (d) spelling of key terms
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
20. 20.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, at random (b) yes, change all (c) no, only with a reason (d) always change twice
22. 22.🔍 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 copying slip (d) a calculation slip
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
24. 24.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
25. 25.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) labels on diagrams (c) units in each answer (d) rewriting neat pages
26. 26.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) reworking key sums (c) rewriting neat pages (d) leaving the hall early
28. 28.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) units in each answer (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) checking page 1 only
33. 33.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) all parts answered (c) checking page 1 only (d) spelling of key terms
36. 36.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
40. 40.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) leave the hall

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