Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 73 · 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: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it in pencil? (b) is it neat? (c) does it make sense? (d) is it long?
5. 5.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your name and roll no. (c) your friend’s page (d) the weather
6. 6.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) rewriting neat pages (c) question numbers right (d) labels on diagrams
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
9. 9.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) reworking key sums (d) random answer changes
10. 10.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) leave the hall
11. 11.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, change all (b) yes, at random (c) no, only with a reason (d) always change twice
12. 12.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) units in each answer (c) leaving the hall early (d) roll number written
13. 13.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) roll number written (b) leaving the hall early (c) checking page 1 only (d) random answer changes
14. 14.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
15. 15.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (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.✅ 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
18. 18.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) leaving the hall early (c) units in each answer (d) random answer changes
20. 20.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
22. 22.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) all parts answered (c) adding doodles (d) units in each answer
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) checking page 1 only (c) question numbers right (d) all parts answered
26. 26.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) all parts answered (c) rewriting neat pages (d) checking page 1 only
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
28. 28.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) adding doodles (d) roll number written
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
31. 31.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) labels on diagrams (d) adding doodles
32. 32.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
34. 34.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) spelling of key terms (b) staring at the ceiling (c) adding doodles (d) rewriting neat pages
35. 35.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
36. 36.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) checking page 1 only
39. 39.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) staring at the ceiling (c) roll number written (d) units in each answer
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False

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