Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 766 · 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) chat with others (b) sit and wait (c) check your answers (d) leave the hall
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) question numbers right (c) reworking key sums (d) adding doodles
3. 3.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) adding doodles (c) leaving the hall early (d) question numbers right
4. 4.✅ Which is a quick check for a word problem answer? (a) is it in pencil? (b) does it make sense? (c) is it neat? (d) is it long?
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
6. 6.True or false: “roll number written” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) reworking key sums (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
8. 8.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missed part (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a calculation slip
10. 10.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) units in each answer (c) random answer changes (d) question numbers right
11. 11.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
14. 14.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
15. 15.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) question numbers right (c) leaving the hall early (d) all parts answered
17. 17.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) skip it (b) add the answer back (c) do it the same way (d) guess again
20. 20.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) staring at the ceiling (d) roll number written
21. 21.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) units in each answer (c) question numbers right (d) reworking key sums
22. 22.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) adding doodles (c) reworking key sums (d) rewriting neat pages
24. 24.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 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
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a copying slip (d) a missed part
27. 27.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
28. 28.True or false: “question numbers right” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: adding doodles? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) rewriting neat pages (c) random answer changes (d) leaving the hall early
32. 32.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: if you read ₹250 in the question as ₹205, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, at random (c) no, only with a reason (d) yes, change all
35. 35.True or false: if you copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 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 calculation slip (d) a missed part
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
40. 40.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) rewriting neat pages

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