Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 688 · 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) chat with others (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
2. 2.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
3. 3.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
4. 4.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) units in each answer (c) checking page 1 only (d) roll number written
5. 5.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) rewriting neat pages (c) units in each answer (d) all parts answered
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
8. 8.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) checking page 1 only (c) roll number written (d) rewriting neat pages
10. 10.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) all parts answered (c) rewriting neat pages (d) leaving the hall early
11. 11.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
12. 12.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) reworking key sums
14. 14.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) the weather (c) your friend’s page (d) the hall’s colour
15. 15.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) spelling of key terms (b) rewriting neat pages (c) random answer changes (d) staring at the ceiling
16. 16.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) question numbers right (c) random answer changes (d) units in each answer
17. 17.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) labels on diagrams (d) checking page 1 only
21. 21.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
23. 23.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) staring at the ceiling (c) adding doodles (d) leaving the hall early
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) random answer changes (d) units in each answer
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
27. 27.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) question numbers right (c) reworking key sums (d) leaving the hall early
28. 28.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
32. 32.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) no, only with a reason (b) yes, change all (c) always change twice (d) yes, at random
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) roll number written (c) staring at the ceiling (d) random answer changes
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
36. 36.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) random answer changes (d) labels on diagrams
38. 38.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it long? (b) does it make sense? (c) is it neat? (d) is it in pencil?
39. 39.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
40. 40.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True

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