Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 95 · 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: “question numbers right” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reworking key sums (b) leaving the hall early (c) roll number written (d) all parts answered
3. 3.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) leaving the hall early (b) adding doodles (c) units in each answer (d) staring at the ceiling
4. 4.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
5. 5.True or false: “reworking key sums” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) leaving the hall early (c) staring at the ceiling (d) adding doodles
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) spelling of key terms (c) reworking key sums (d) checking page 1 only
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll number written (b) rewriting neat pages (c) all parts answered (d) reworking key sums
9. 9.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: random answer changes? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) reworking key sums (c) random answer changes (d) question numbers right
11. 11.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
12. 12.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
13. 13.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) chat with others (b) check your answers (c) leave the hall (d) sit and wait
14. 14.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) staring at the ceiling (c) reworking key sums (d) all parts answered
15. 15.✅ What should you check on the first page? (a) your name and roll no. (b) the weather (c) the hall’s colour (d) your friend’s page
16. 16.True or false: “adding doodles” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) random answer changes (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) reworking key sums
18. 18.True or false: if you skipped a question on the back page, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.✅ 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
20. 20.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missed part. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “staring at the ceiling” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave the area as 20, not 20 cm². (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missing unit (d) a missed part
23. 23.True or false: “adding doodles” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You the question said 45, but you used 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
25. 25.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) checking page 1 only (b) random answer changes (c) question numbers right (d) adding doodles
26. 26.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a calculation slip (b) a missing unit (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
27. 27.✅ 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
28. 28.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: staring at the ceiling? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
29. 29.True or false: if you gave the area as 20, not 20 cm², it is a missing unit. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) spelling of key terms (c) leaving the hall early (d) staring at the ceiling
31. 31.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) adding doodles (b) question numbers right (c) all parts answered (d) roll number written
32. 32.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
33. 33.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) checking page 1 only (d) labels on diagrams
34. 34.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a missed part (c) a copying slip (d) a calculation slip
35. 35.True or false: if you wrote “12” for a length of 12 cm, it is a missed part. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 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
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: rewriting neat pages? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
38. 38.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: reworking key sums? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
39. 39.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) question numbers right (b) checking page 1 only (c) spelling of key terms (d) units in each answer
40. 40.True or false: if you wrote the speed as 60, not 60 km/h, it is a missing unit. (a) False (b) True

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