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.
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- 1.Which of these is a poor note-making habit? (a) leaving some space (b) your own words (c) ten colours a page (d) clear headings
- 2.🔀 Mixed practice: which method does this question need? Find 20% of 150. (a) ratio (b) fractions (c) area (d) percentage
- 3.📵 Kabir wants to switch off all screens 30 minutes before bed. Bedtime is 10:15 PM. When should the screens go off? (a) 9:15 PM (b) 9:45 PM (c) 10:45 PM (d) 10:15 PM
- 4.True or false: “starting the day before” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 5.📅 Which plan is spaced repetition? (a) no review at all (b) 4 hours in 1 night (c) 4 hours on exam day (d) 1 hour on 4 days
- 6.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: leaving some space? (a) a poor notes habit (b) a good notes habit
- 7.Which of these is blocked practice (one type only)? (a) old and new topics mixed (b) one chapter’s sums only (c) fraction, %, ratio mixed (d) algebra and area mixed
- 8.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “mice” (a) the front (b) the back
- 9.📝 Good notes are written mostly… (a) in your own words (b) in tiny writing (c) copied word for word (d) with no headings
- 10.🧠 Getting a recall question wrong in practice is… (a) a disaster (b) a waste of time (c) a reason to stop (d) useful — fix it now
- 11.True or false: “a little every day” is spaced practice. (a) False (b) True
- 12.Which of these goes on the back of a flashcard? (a) Capital of Kerala? (b) What do roots do? (c) Opposite of “ancient”? (d) take in water
- 13.🧠 Active recall or passive review: listening to a recap? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 14.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: explaining it aloud or glancing at notes? (a) explaining it aloud (b) glancing at notes
- 15.Which of these helps learning? (a) a new bedtime every day (b) studying all night (c) gaming till midnight (d) a short walk outdoors
- 16.🃏 Good or poor flashcard habit: answer first, then flip? (a) a good flashcard habit (b) a poor flashcard habit
- 17.Which of these is cramming? (a) one long read-through (b) a review calendar (c) short repeat sessions (d) gaps that grow longer
- 18.Which of these breaks your focus? (a) a goal for the session (b) phone in another room (c) checking messages (d) a timer on the desk
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a cue column on the left (b) top-to-bottom lists (c) numbered points in order (d) headings and bullets
- 20.True or false: “old and new topics mixed” is interleaving (mixed practice). (a) True (b) False
- 21.🍅 One Pomodoro round is 25 minutes of focus plus a 5-minute break. How many full rounds fit in 135 minutes?
- 22.🍅 In the Pomodoro method, a focus session usually lasts… (a) all day (b) 3 hours (c) 5 minutes (d) 25 minutes
- 23.📝 Good or poor note-making habit: writing every line? (a) a good notes habit (b) a poor notes habit
- 24.True or false: “writing it from memory” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
- 25.📝 Which kind of notes has this feature: headings and bullets? (a) Cornell notes (b) a mind map (c) linear notes
- 26.Which of these is a poor flashcard habit? (a) more practice on misses (b) answer first, then flip (c) shuffling the deck (d) a whole page per card
- 27.Which of these is a feature of linear notes? (a) numbered points in order (b) main topic in the centre (c) branches for subtopics (d) notes in the big column
- 28.Which of these helps learning? (a) a TV on while studying (b) short breaks to stretch (c) studying all night (d) scrolling in bed
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a review calendar (b) never reviewing again (c) a little every day (d) short repeat sessions
- 30.True or false: “a glass of water” hurts learning. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: “reading both sides” is a good flashcard habit. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🧠 Which usually helps you learn more for an exam: re-reading the chapter or explaining it aloud? (a) re-reading the chapter (b) explaining it aloud
- 33.🃏 Why shuffle your flashcards? (a) to make it messy (b) so order gives no clue (c) to finish faster (d) to lose some
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reading the notes again (b) looking at the diagrams (c) highlighting in yellow (d) a blank-page brain dump
- 35.🃏 Front or back of a flashcard? “Capital of Kerala?” (a) the front (b) the back
- 36.😴 Rohan goes to bed at 11:00 PM and wakes up at 6:00 AM. How many hours of sleep is that?
- 37.📅 Spaced practice or cramming: starting the day before? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
- 38.Which of these is interleaving (mixed practice)? (a) same type, page by page (b) only fraction sums (c) one formula, 20 times (d) algebra and area mixed
- 39.True or false: “looking at the diagrams” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) teaching it to a sibling (b) writing it from memory (c) reading the notes again (d) covering the answers
Answer key
- ten colours a page
- percentage
- 9:45 PM
- False
- 1 hour on 4 days
- a good notes habit
- one chapter’s sums only
- the back
- in your own words
- useful — fix it now
- True
- take in water
- passive review
- explaining it aloud
- a short walk outdoors
- a good flashcard habit
- one long read-through
- checking messages
- a cue column on the left
- True
- 4
- 25 minutes
- a poor notes habit
- True
- linear notes
- a whole page per card
- numbered points in order
- short breaks to stretch
- never reviewing again
- False
- False
- explaining it aloud
- so order gives no clue
- a blank-page brain dump
- the front
- 7
- cramming
- algebra and area mixed
- False
- reading the notes again
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