Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 729 · 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.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) checking page 1 only (c) adding doodles (d) staring at the ceiling
3. 3.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
4. 4.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
6. 6.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
7. 7.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) sit and wait (b) chat with others (c) leave the hall (d) check your answers
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) adding doodles (c) all parts answered (d) leaving the hall early
9. 9.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) roll number written
10. 10.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, change all (c) no, only with a reason (d) yes, at random
11. 11.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
13. 13.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) guess again (c) skip it (d) add the answer back
14. 14.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
15. 15.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) leaving the hall early (c) question numbers right (d) random answer changes
16. 16.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) random answer changes (c) labels on diagrams (d) checking page 1 only
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) spelling of key terms (c) rewriting neat pages (d) labels on diagrams
18. 18.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) question numbers right (c) random answer changes (d) units in each answer
20. 20.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) roll number written (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
25. 25.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) the hall’s colour (c) your friend’s page (d) your name and roll no.
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) spelling of key terms (c) staring at the ceiling (d) rewriting neat pages
28. 28.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) all parts answered (c) spelling of key terms (d) leaving the hall early
29. 29.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
31. 31.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
32. 32.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) roll number written (b) reworking key sums (c) staring at the ceiling (d) spelling of key terms
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
34. 34.✅ 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?
35. 35.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
39. 39.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) adding doodles (c) spelling of key terms (d) question numbers right

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