Exam Preparation Worksheet: Checking Answers

Exam preparation lesson 20: Checking your answers · Set 973 · 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.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) all parts answered (b) random answer changes (c) adding doodles (d) checking page 1 only
2. 2.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: labels on diagrams? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
3. 3.True or false: “labels on diagrams” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: checking page 1 only? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
5. 5.True or false: “roll number written” is a smart thing to check. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) all parts answered (b) question numbers right (c) spelling of key terms (d) adding doodles
7. 7.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: units in each answer? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
8. 8.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) reworking key sums (c) random answer changes (d) adding doodles
9. 9.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You answered part (a) but not part (b). (a) a copying slip (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
10. 10.✅ You finish 10 minutes early. What is best? (a) check your answers (b) sit and wait (c) chat with others (d) leave the hall
11. 11.True or false: “units in each answer” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a smart thing to check? (a) adding doodles (b) rewriting neat pages (c) question numbers right (d) random answer changes
13. 13.True or false: “random answer changes” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You gave one reason when it asked for two. (a) a missing unit (b) a calculation slip (c) a missed part (d) a copying slip
15. 15.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You read ₹250 in the question as ₹205. (a) a calculation slip (b) a copying slip (c) a missed part (d) a missing unit
16. 16.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) labels on diagrams (c) roll number written (d) all parts answered
17. 17.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) labels on diagrams (b) units in each answer (c) checking page 1 only (d) roll number written
19. 19.True or false: if you the question said 45, but you used 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) units in each answer (c) question numbers right (d) roll number written
21. 21.🔍 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
22. 22.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
23. 23.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: roll number written? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leaving the hall early (b) question numbers right (c) reworking key sums (d) labels on diagrams
25. 25.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a poor use of checking time? (a) spelling of key terms (b) roll number written (c) random answer changes (d) units in each answer
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) roll number written (c) leaving the hall early (d) checking page 1 only
28. 28.True or false: “spelling of key terms” is a poor use of checking time. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: if you wrote 7 × 8 = 54, it is a calculation slip. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You copied 3.6 as 36 from the paper. (a) a missed part (b) a calculation slip (c) a missing unit (d) a copying slip
31. 31.True or false: “rewriting neat pages” is a poor use of checking time. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “checking page 1 only” is a smart thing to check. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.✅ Should you change an answer just because you are nervous? (a) yes, change all (b) always change twice (c) yes, at random (d) no, only with a reason
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on diagrams (b) rewriting neat pages (c) staring at the ceiling (d) random answer changes
35. 35.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You wrote 7 × 8 = 54. (a) a missing unit (b) a copying slip (c) a calculation slip (d) a missed part
36. 36.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: leaving the hall early? (a) a poor use of time (b) a smart check
37. 37.✅ Smart thing to check, or a poor use of time: question numbers right? (a) a smart check (b) a poor use of time
38. 38.✅ A quick way to check a subtraction is… (a) guess again (b) skip it (c) add the answer back (d) do it the same way
39. 39.🔍 What kind of mistake is this? You added 25 + 17 and got 32. (a) a copying slip (b) a missed part (c) a calculation slip (d) a missing unit
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) rewriting neat pages (b) reworking key sums (c) adding doodles (d) staring at the ceiling

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