Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 871 · 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.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
3. 3.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You skipped a question on the back page. (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
4. 4.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) roll number written (c) leaving the hall early (d) spelling of key terms
5. 5.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 100 − 36 = 74. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) units in each answer (b) leaving the hall early (c) staring at the ceiling (d) random answer changes
7. 7.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) adding doodles (d) question numbers right
8. 8.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
9. 9.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) do it the same way (b) skip it (c) add the answer back (d) guess again
10. 10.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) adding doodles (c) leaving the hall early (d) labels on diagrams
12. 12.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
13. 13.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) leave the hall (b) chat with others (c) sit and wait (d) check your answers
14. 14.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) roll number written (c) checking page 1 only (d) staring at the ceiling
16. 16.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
17. 17.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: spelling of key terms? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
18. 18.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
19. 19.True or false: “all parts answered” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
22. 22.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) staring at the ceiling (b) checking page 1 only (c) reworking key sums (d) adding doodles
23. 23.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) reworking key sums (b) units in each answer (c) roll number written (d) rewriting neat pages
24. 24.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) units in each answer (b) leaving the hall early (c) rewriting neat pages (d) adding doodles
25. 25.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a copying slip. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: if you answered part (a) but not part (b), it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missed part (b) a missing unit (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
28. 28.True or false: if you gave one reason when it asked for two, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) always change twice (b) yes, change all (c) yes, at random (d) no, only with a reason
30. 30.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) the weather (b) the hall’s colour (c) your name and roll no. (d) your friend’s page
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) adding doodles (b) staring at the ceiling (c) random answer changes (d) reworking key sums
32. 32.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a smart thing to check. (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.True or false: if you wrote 100 − 36 = 74, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a copying slip
36. 36.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) adding doodles (b) labels on diagrams (c) all parts answered (d) reworking key sums
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) staring at the ceiling (c) rewriting neat pages (d) adding doodles
38. 38.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False

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