Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Leader's tip (Lead yourself first): Find the skill in the question: responsibility, promises, self-discipline, time, confidence, mistakes or mindset. Use that lesson’s tip — own it and fix it, promise less and deliver, homework first, steps with dates, confident not cocky, what can we learn, not yet. For day sums, add the days the steps need and take them away from the days you have.
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- 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming bad luck (b) trying a new method (c) saying “I’m just bad” (d) quitting the club
- 2.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: writing promises down? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 3.Which of these is a growth-mindset habit? (a) hiding your mistakes (b) enjoying challenges (c) avoiding challenges (d) sticking to easy tasks
- 4.Which of these is a responsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) blaming the weather (c) hiding a broken item (d) fixing what you broke
- 5.Which of these is a fixed-mindset habit? (a) asking for help early (b) praising effort (c) practising hard skills (d) giving up quickly
- 6.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) saying “I’ll try” (b) speaking up in class (c) mumbling answers (d) standing up straight
- 7.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: returning borrowed books? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 8.Which of these shows confidence? (a) speaking up in class (b) never raising a hand (c) bragging after a win (d) acting like a know-all
- 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: hard part first? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 10.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) acting like a know-all (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) saying “I can’t” (d) bragging after a win
- 11.True or false: “starting early” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) tell nobody (b) ignore it (c) report it to a teacher (d) sit on it anyway
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) snacking instead of work (b) gaming till midnight (c) starting without nagging (d) scrolling during study
- 14.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: checking your diary? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 15.True or false: “I lost the book, but books get lost all the time.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “I only do what I’m already good at.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) forgetting what you said (b) writing promises down (c) agreeing to everything (d) promising then vanishing
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting without nagging (b) finishing what you start (c) skipping practice (d) homework before games
- 19.Which of these is an unreliable habit? (a) forgetting what you said (b) coming when you said (c) finishing on the set day (d) writing promises down
- 20.True or false: “It’s not my fault — the others were too slow.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 21.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) checking progress weekly (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
- 22.Which of these shows no self-discipline? (a) homework before games (b) sleeping on time (c) skipping practice (d) starting without nagging
- 23.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 24.True or false: “I didn’t get the role, so I quit.” shows a positive attitude. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: “I broke the ruler, sorry. I will replace it.” is a responsible reply. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: “acting like a know-all” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 27.📅 Good or poor project planning: keeping spare days? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one huge deadline (b) listing tasks first (c) checking progress weekly (d) breaking work into steps
- 29.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) doing only easy bits (d) no spare time
- 30.True or false: “phone away for study” shows no self-discipline. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) talent is fixed (c) smart is born (d) effort is useless
- 32.True or false: “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I fail, it means I’m not smart.” (a) growth mindset (b) fixed mindset
- 34.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) responsible (b) irresponsible
- 35.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 36.Which of these is showing off? (a) avoiding new things (b) saying “I’ll try” (c) boasting about marks (d) never raising a hand
- 37.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) breaking work into steps (b) listing tasks first (c) one huge deadline (d) using a simple timetable
- 38.True or false: “guessing how long” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 39.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: saving pocket money? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 40.🌱 You are the class monitor and the class plants look dry before a long holiday. What do you do? (a) water them next month (b) wait for someone else (c) leave them dry (d) water them before you go
Answer key
- trying a new method
- reliable
- enjoying challenges
- fixing what you broke
- giving up quickly
- mumbling answers
- responsible
- speaking up in class
- good planning
- saying “I can’t”
- True
- report it to a teacher
- starting without nagging
- reliable
- False
- fixed mindset
- writing promises down
- skipping practice
- forgetting what you said
- False
- guessing how long
- skipping practice
- self-control
- False
- True
- True
- good planning
- one huge deadline
- setting mini-deadlines
- False
- skills grow with effort
- False
- fixed mindset
- responsible
- a promise broken
- boasting about marks
- one huge deadline
- False
- self-discipline
- water them before you go
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