Study Skills Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Study tip (Recall, space, mix): Find the topic: recall, spacing, mixing, notes, flashcards, focus or rest. Techniques that make you retrieve, space and mix usually beat re-reading, cramming and blocks. For sums: review day = day + gap; Pomodoro rounds = minutes ÷ 30; focus minutes = rounds × 25.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: last-minute marathons? (a) cramming (b) spaced practice
- 2.🧠 Active recall or passive review: a blank-page brain dump? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 3.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to lose some (b) to make it messy (c) so order gives no clue (d) to finish faster
- 4.True or false: “covering the answers” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 5.📅 You learn a new topic on day 4 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your first review?
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) three tasks at once (b) one task at a time (c) TV on in the room (d) starting without a plan
- 7.🧠 A quick way to do active recall is… (a) read the summary (b) write what you know (c) look at pictures (d) underline it
- 8.🧠 Active recall or passive review: scanning the headings? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 9.True or false: “a full night’s sleep” hurts learning. (a) False (b) True
- 10.📅 You learn a topic on day 4. Each gap between reviews is double the last one: 1 day, then 2, then 4, then 8 days. On which day is review number 2?
- 11.📵 Meera wants to switch off all screens 60 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:15 PM (b) 11:15 PM (c) 10:15 PM (d) 8:15 PM
- 12.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) notifications off (c) no break for 3 hours (d) a goal for the session
- 13.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) phone in another room (b) checking messages (c) a goal for the session (d) water bottle ready
- 14.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: one fact per card? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 15.😴 Diya goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 16.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) all day (b) 5 minutes (c) 25 minutes (d) 3 hours
- 17.Which of these hurts learning? (a) scrolling in bed (b) a regular bedtime (c) short breaks to stretch (d) screens off before bed
- 18.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it does not matter (b) it wastes study time (c) it erases notes (d) it helps store learning
- 19.📅 You learn a new topic on day 10 of the holidays and plan to review it 1, 3, 7 and 14 days after that day. On which day is your third review?
- 20.🪑 Good or poor study spot: a noisy hallway? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 21.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Share ₹60 between two friends in the ratio 1 : 2. (a) fractions (b) ratio (c) percentage (d) area
- 22.True or false: “answering a quiz” is passive review. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🃏 Making your own cards helps because… (a) you think as you write (b) they look nicer (c) nobody checks them (d) they are cheaper
- 24.True or false: “numbered points in order” is a feature of linear notes. (a) True (b) False
- 25.😴 Ishaan goes to bed at 9:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) good light (b) phone face-up nearby (c) a cluttered table (d) TV in view
- 27.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: more practice on misses? (a) a poor flashcard habit (b) a good flashcard habit
- 28.🔀 Why does mixed practice help in exams? (a) it skips topics (b) it is shorter (c) you practise choosing (d) it needs no thinking
- 29.🧠 What is active recall? (a) reading notes slowly (b) copying the book (c) recalling without notes (d) highlighting key lines
- 30.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) fraction, %, ratio mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) one formula, 20 times (d) all area sums together
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) only fraction sums (b) algebra and area mixed (c) same type, page by page (d) one formula, 20 times
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) all area sums together (c) switching topic each sum (d) a shuffled set of sums
- 33.🪑 Good or poor study spot: phone face-up nearby? (a) a poor study spot (b) a good study spot
- 34.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 50 minutes?
- 35.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 135 minutes?
- 36.😴 Ishaan goes to bed at 11:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 37.😴 Rohan goes to bed at 10:00 PM and wakes up at 5:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 38.True or false: “old topics each week” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 39.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) 4 hours on exam day (b) no review at all (c) 4 hours in 1 night (d) 1 hour on 4 days
- 40.📅 Your last review of a topic was on day 18, and the gap before it was 3 days. The next gap is double that. On which day is the next review?
Answer key
- cramming
- active recall
- so order gives no clue
- True
- 5
- one task at a time
- write what you know
- passive review
- False
- 7
- 9:15 PM
- no break for 3 hours
- checking messages
- a good flashcard habit
- 8
- 25 minutes
- scrolling in bed
- it helps store learning
- 17
- a poor study spot
- ratio
- False
- you think as you write
- True
- 8
- good light
- a good flashcard habit
- you practise choosing
- recalling without notes
- fraction, %, ratio mixed
- algebra and area mixed
- all area sums together
- a poor study spot
- 1
- 4
- 7
- 7
- False
- 1 hour on 4 days
- 24
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