Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 665 · 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.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) sit and wait (b) check your answers (c) leave the hall (d) chat with others
2. 2.✅ 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
3. 3.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) does it make sense? (b) is it long? (c) is it in pencil? (d) is it neat?
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
6. 6.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) all parts answered
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) checking page 1 only (d) question numbers right
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
10. 10.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
12. 12.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) roll number written (c) reworking key sums (d) spelling of key terms
16. 16.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) units in each answer (c) checking page 1 only (d) staring at the ceiling
19. 19.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) units in each answer
20. 20.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) units in each answer (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
23. 23.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) reworking key sums (c) all parts answered (d) rewriting neat pages
24. 24.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) all parts answered (c) random answer changes (d) leaving the hall early
25. 25.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) spelling of key terms (c) adding doodles (d) leaving the hall early
29. 29.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
31. 31.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) spelling of key terms
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
34. 34.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) all parts answered (c) spelling of key terms (d) random answer changes
36. 36.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) random answer changes (c) labels on diagrams (d) checking page 1 only
37. 37.🔍 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
38. 38.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip

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