Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 767 · 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 the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) leaving the hall early (b) question numbers right (c) all parts answered (d) units in each answer
3. 3.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
4. 4.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the hall’s colour (b) your friend’s page (c) your name and roll no. (d) the weather
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
6. 6.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) spelling of key terms (c) adding doodles (d) checking page 1 only
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
10. 10.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) labels on diagrams (c) rewriting neat pages (d) all parts answered
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) question numbers right (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) random answer changes
12. 12.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
13. 13.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) random answer changes (c) question numbers right (d) all parts answered
15. 15.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) all parts answered (c) staring at the ceiling (d) leaving the hall early
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) rewriting neat pages (c) checking page 1 only (d) reworking key sums
17. 17.✅ 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
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) roll number written (c) question numbers right (d) leaving the hall early
19. 19.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) chat with others (c) leave the hall (d) sit and wait
20. 20.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
22. 22.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
26. 26.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) all parts answered (b) roll number written (c) adding doodles (d) units in each answer
27. 27.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spelling of key terms (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) adding doodles
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) labels on diagrams (c) spelling of key terms (d) units in each answer
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) rewriting neat pages (c) all parts answered (d) adding doodles
34. 34.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) roll number written (c) spelling of key terms (d) question numbers right
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
38. 38.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
39. 39.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit

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