Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 719 · 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.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your name and roll no. (c) the weather (d) your friend’s page
2. 2.🔍 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
3. 3.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it in pencil? (b) does it make sense? (c) is it long? (d) is it neat?
4. 4.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) spelling of key terms (c) rewriting neat pages (d) all parts answered
6. 6.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) rewriting neat pages (c) spelling of key terms (d) leaving the hall early
13. 13.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 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 missing unit (d) a calculation slip
15. 15.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
16. 16.🔍 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
17. 17.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
18. 18.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
19. 19.✅ 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
20. 20.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 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
23. 23.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) reworking key sums (c) all parts answered (d) question numbers right
26. 26.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
28. 28.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) reworking key sums (b) rewriting neat pages (c) adding doodles (d) random answer changes
29. 29.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) all parts answered (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) units in each answer (c) adding doodles (d) leaving the hall early
32. 32.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) rewriting neat pages (c) leaving the hall early (d) all parts answered
35. 35.True or false: “leaving the hall early” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) units in each answer (d) staring at the ceiling
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) adding doodles (c) labels on diagrams (d) question numbers right
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit

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