Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 571 · 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) checking page 1 only (b) spelling of key terms (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
3. 3.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) roll number written (c) reworking key sums (d) checking page 1 only
5. 5.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
9. 9.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your friend’s page (c) the weather (d) your name and roll no.
10. 10.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) reworking key sums (c) roll number written (d) staring at the ceiling
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) random answer changes (c) spelling of key terms (d) roll number written
13. 13.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
16. 16.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, at random (c) no, only with a reason (d) yes, change all
17. 17.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) checking page 1 only (c) reworking key sums (d) rewriting neat pages
19. 19.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
24. 24.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) sit and wait (b) leave the hall (c) chat with others (d) check your answers
27. 27.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², 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 copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
30. 30.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
32. 32.✅ 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
33. 33.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
36. 36.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
38. 38.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it long? (b) is it neat? (c) does it make sense? (d) is it in pencil?
39. 39.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) rewriting neat pages (c) units in each answer (d) staring at the ceiling

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