Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 692 · 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) staring at the ceiling (b) leaving the hall early (c) roll number written (d) adding doodles
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) reworking key sums (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
7. 7.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) adding doodles (c) spelling of key terms (d) leaving the hall early
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) units in each answer (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
10. 10.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) reworking key sums (b) rewriting neat pages (c) checking page 1 only (d) staring at the ceiling
13. 13.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your friend’s page (c) the weather (d) your name and roll no.
14. 14.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) skip it (b) add the answer back (c) guess again (d) do it the same way
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) reworking key sums (c) leaving the hall early (d) question numbers right
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) staring at the ceiling (c) checking page 1 only (d) reworking key sums
17. 17.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
18. 18.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) question numbers right (d) checking page 1 only
19. 19.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
20. 20.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it neat? (b) does it make sense? (c) is it long? (d) is it in pencil?
21. 21.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
22. 22.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) labels on diagrams (c) staring at the ceiling (d) all parts answered
23. 23.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, at random (b) yes, change all (c) no, only with a reason (d) always change twice
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
26. 26.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
27. 27.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) question numbers right (c) spelling of key terms (d) labels on diagrams
30. 30.True or false: “random answer changes” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) question numbers right (c) all parts answered (d) units in each answer
33. 33.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) sit and wait (b) chat with others (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
34. 34.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) rewriting neat pages (c) labels on diagrams (d) staring at the ceiling
40. 40.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False

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