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 praise builds a growth mindset? (a) “It’s easy for you.” (b) “You worked so hard!” (c) “You are a genius!” (d) “You were born smart.”
- 2.True or false: “Let me try a different way.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) pretend you were ill (b) skip practice (c) go back to sleep (d) message the captain
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) cleaning up after art (b) doing your fair share (c) returning borrowed books (d) blaming a teammate
- 5.True or false: “Her work is great — what can I learn from it?” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) skipping practice (b) leaving tasks half-done (c) gaming till midnight (d) sleeping on time
- 7.🔁 Why are mistakes useful? (a) they mean you are bad (b) they never help (c) they show what to fix (d) they should be hidden
- 8.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows giving in. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: hiding the result? (a) giving up (b) learning from it
- 10.True or false: “telling early if delayed” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) making up excuses (b) promising then vanishing (c) arriving very late (d) finishing on the set day
- 12.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: sleeping on time? (a) no self-discipline (b) self-discipline
- 13.True or false: “I can’t do this yet, but I’m learning.” shows a growth mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 14.True or false: “promising only what fits” is an unreliable habit. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) pretend you forgot (b) leave it for tomorrow (c) clean the board first (d) ask a friend to lie
- 16.⏰ You start at 5:00 PM. Homework takes 20 minutes, then project work takes 30 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 5:30 PM (b) 6:05 PM (c) 5:50 PM (d) 5:20 PM
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking your diary (b) forgetting what you said (c) returning things on time (d) coming when you said
- 18.Which of these is good project planning? (a) ignoring the timetable (b) forgetting the due date (c) starting on the last day (d) using a simple timetable
- 19.⏱️ Self-discipline or not: scrolling during study? (a) self-discipline (b) no self-discipline
- 20.🧪 Your team’s science model fell apart at the fair. A positive leader says… (a) “I knew it would fail.” (b) “Let’s never try again.” (c) “This team is useless.” (d) “What can we learn?”
- 21.🌱 Growth mindset or fixed mindset? “If I practise, I will get better.” (a) fixed mindset (b) growth mindset
- 22.True or false: “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” shows self-control. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling during study (b) saving pocket money (c) homework before games (d) sticking to a routine
- 24.Which of these is a reliable habit? (a) arriving very late (b) saying yes to please all (c) saying no if you can’t (d) ignoring team messages
- 25.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: making up excuses? (a) reliable (b) unreliable
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) ignoring the timetable (c) guessing how long (d) one huge deadline
- 27.🌱 Growth or fixed mindset habit: ignoring feedback? (a) fixed habit (b) growth habit
- 28.True or false: “I am just not a maths person.” shows a fixed mindset. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: “giving up quickly” is a fixed-mindset habit. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is learning from a mistake? (a) saying “I’m just bad” (b) tearing up the work (c) quitting the club (d) saying sorry and fixing
- 31.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: checking your diary? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 32.True or false: “I’ll skip practice today; it’s a bit cold.” shows self-control. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trying new strategies (b) learning from feedback (c) envying others (d) practising hard skills
- 34.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I promised to help paint the banner, then went home.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) no spare time (c) forgetting the due date (d) no task list
- 36.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) there is no need (b) for surprises (c) to rest only (d) to start late
- 37.True or false: “making eye contact” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🪑 You see a broken bench in class that could hurt someone. What is best? (a) ignore it (b) tell nobody (c) sit on it anyway (d) report it to a teacher
- 39.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “It is my turn to water the plants. I will do it now.” (a) a responsible reply (b) an excuse
- 40.Which of these is an irresponsible habit? (a) saying “not my job” (b) fixing what you broke (c) cleaning up after art (d) owning up to a mistake
Answer key
- “You worked so hard!”
- False
- message the captain
- blaming a teammate
- True
- sleeping on time
- they show what to fix
- False
- giving up
- False
- finishing on the set day
- self-discipline
- True
- False
- clean the board first
- 5:50 PM
- forgetting what you said
- using a simple timetable
- no self-discipline
- “What can we learn?”
- growth mindset
- True
- scrolling during study
- saying no if you can’t
- unreliable
- listing tasks first
- fixed habit
- True
- True
- saying sorry and fixing
- reliable
- False
- envying others
- a promise broken
- using a simple timetable
- for surprises
- False
- report it to a teacher
- a responsible reply
- saying “not my job”
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