Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 677 · 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) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
2. 2.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) labels on diagrams (c) leaving the hall early (d) random answer changes
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) rewriting neat pages (c) labels on diagrams (d) all parts answered
5. 5.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) roll number written (c) units in each answer (d) rewriting neat pages
6. 6.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
8. 8.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
14. 14.✅ 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
15. 15.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
16. 16.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) units in each answer (c) staring at the ceiling (d) rewriting neat pages
19. 19.🔍 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 missed part (d) a copying slip
20. 20.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
21. 21.✅ 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?
22. 22.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) adding doodles (c) all parts answered (d) reworking key sums
23. 23.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) spelling of key terms (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) random answer changes
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
25. 25.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) question numbers right (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
27. 27.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) random answer changes
29. 29.✅ 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
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
32. 32.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
33. 33.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) units in each answer (c) leaving the hall early (d) spelling of key terms
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) question numbers right (c) checking page 1 only (d) staring at the ceiling
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) rewriting neat pages (c) spelling of key terms (d) leaving the hall early
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) leaving the hall early (c) all parts answered (d) roll number written
37. 37.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True

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