Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 668 · 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.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
2. 2.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) do it the same way (c) add the answer back (d) skip it
3. 3.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your friend’s page (b) the weather (c) the hall’s colour (d) your name and roll no.
4. 4.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) roll number written (d) random answer changes
5. 5.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) checking page 1 only (c) labels on diagrams (d) reworking key sums
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
7. 7.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
8. 8.🔍 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
9. 9.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) roll number written (c) rewriting neat pages (d) leaving the hall early
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) roll number written (d) adding doodles
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
14. 14.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) all parts answered (c) adding doodles (d) checking page 1 only
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) roll number written (c) spelling of key terms (d) random answer changes
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) reworking key sums (d) leaving the hall early
21. 21.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) reworking key sums (d) staring at the ceiling
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) random answer changes
26. 26.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, change all (b) yes, at random (c) always change twice (d) no, only with a reason
27. 27.🔍 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
28. 28.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) spelling of key terms (c) rewriting neat pages (d) adding doodles
29. 29.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
33. 33.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
39. 39.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False

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