Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 843 · 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.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
2. 2.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
4. 4.True or false: “all parts answered” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
6. 6.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
10. 10.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
11. 11.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) add the answer back (c) skip it (d) guess again
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) checking page 1 only
14. 14.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) your friend’s page (c) the hall’s colour (d) your name and roll no.
15. 15.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) units in each answer (b) all parts answered (c) question numbers right (d) leaving the hall early
16. 16.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) question numbers right (b) adding doodles (c) rewriting neat pages (d) staring at the ceiling
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) leaving the hall early (c) all parts answered (d) staring at the ceiling
18. 18.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: all parts answered? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
19. 19.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) checking page 1 only (c) reworking key sums (d) rewriting neat pages
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) random answer changes (b) leaving the hall early (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
21. 21.True or false: “units in each answer” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) leaving the hall early (c) reworking key sums (d) units in each answer
23. 23.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) sit and wait (c) leave the hall (d) chat with others
24. 24.True or false: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) staring at the ceiling (d) question numbers right
27. 27.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
29. 29.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) staring at the ceiling (c) leaving the hall early (d) units in each answer
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a calculation slip
31. 31.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a missing unit
32. 32.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
35. 35.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: if you added 25 + 17 and got 32, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
39. 39.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True

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