Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 575 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) reworking key sums (c) roll number written (d) units in each answer
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
5. 5.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) check your answers (c) chat with others (d) sit and wait
6. 6.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) labels on diagrams (d) rewriting neat pages
7. 7.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
9. 9.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, change all (c) no, only with a reason (d) yes, at random
12. 12.🔍 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 calculation slip (d) a copying slip
13. 13.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) all parts answered (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
14. 14.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) skip it (b) do it the same way (c) guess again (d) add the answer back
15. 15.✅ 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?
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
17. 17.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) checking page 1 only (b) all parts answered (c) labels on diagrams (d) units in each answer
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
19. 19.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
20. 20.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
21. 21.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) random answer changes (c) rewriting neat pages (d) spelling of key terms
24. 24.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) reworking key sums (c) all parts answered (d) leaving the hall early
25. 25.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) random answer changes (c) adding doodles (d) reworking key sums
27. 27.🔍 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
28. 28.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) rewriting neat pages (c) reworking key sums (d) units in each answer
32. 32.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
35. 35.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
37. 37.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) units in each answer (c) rewriting neat pages (d) roll number written
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missed part (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
40. 40.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) spelling of key terms (c) adding doodles (d) roll number written

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