Memory Techniques Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Memory tip (Know your memory): Find the topic of the question: memory steps, attention, short or long term, forgetting, or habits. Use that lesson’s tip — notice, store, recall; you keep what you notice; a small desk and a big cupboard; review before it fades; a rested brain remembers. For sums: add the gaps to the learning day, add study blocks and breaks, or count the hours of sleep.
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- 1.True or false: “explaining to a friend” lets what you learn fade. (a) False (b) True
- 2.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: playing outdoors? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hours with no break (b) studying very hungry (c) revising before bed (d) sitting still all day
- 4.📉 What does the forgetting curve show? (a) forgetting starts late (b) memory is fixed (c) we forget fast at first (d) we never forget
- 5.True or false: “revising before bed” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 6.👀 Which helps you notice more in a lesson? (a) taking short notes (b) chatting quietly (c) looking at the clock (d) doodling cartoons
- 7.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) breaks attention (b) helps attention
- 8.🧠 Which step of memory is this: notice it? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1
- 9.🧠 Can every child learn a “photographic memory” that keeps whole pages? (a) yes, by staring hard (b) no, that is a myth (c) yes, in a week (d) yes, with a pill
- 10.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 11.True or false: “daydreaming in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: “chatting in class” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 13.True or false: “linking to what you know” helps you keep what you learn. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) testing yourself helps (b) practice improves memory (c) everyone forgets things (d) one reading is enough
- 15.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: reviewing after a week? (a) helps you keep it (b) lets it fade
- 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: store it or get it back later? (a) store it (b) get it back later
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) explaining to a friend (b) reading it once only (c) testing yourself (d) linking to what you know
- 18.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) some kids never forget (b) pictures stick better (c) we forget without review (d) testing yourself helps
- 19.🧠 Fact or myth: “attention comes first”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 20.True or false: “how to ride a bicycle” is held in short-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 21.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 22.True or false: “a number you just heard” is kept in long-term memory. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) chatting in class (b) checking messages (c) short planned breaks (d) games open on screen
- 24.True or false: “learning without meaning” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) notes while listening (b) one task at a time (c) TV on while studying (d) a clear, tidy desk
- 26.True or false: “asking a question” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 27.True or false: “studying when sleepy” helps you keep what you learn. (a) False (b) True
- 28.Which of these helps attention? (a) daydreaming in class (b) a quiet place to study (c) scrolling while reading (d) three tasks at once
- 29.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: directions told just now? (a) long-term memory (b) short-term memory
- 30.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 1. You review 1 day later, then 2 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 31.Which of these is bad for your memory? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) a calm, happy mind (c) playing outdoors (d) studying very hungry
- 32.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: explaining to a friend? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 33.True or false: “staying up very late” helps your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “TV on while studying” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tables learned long ago (b) directions told just now (c) a number you just heard (d) a new word for a minute
- 36.🗂️ You are adding 48 + 37 and hold the carry 1 in your head. Which memory is that? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory (c) muscle memory (d) no memory
- 37.🧠 Fact or myth: “everyone forgets things”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 38.🧠 Fact or myth: “pills give super memory”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 39.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) staying up very late (c) a full night’s sleep (d) sitting still all day
- 40.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or store it? (a) recall it (b) store it
Answer key
- False
- helps memory
- revising before bed
- we forget fast at first
- True
- taking short notes
- breaks attention
- step 1
- no, that is a myth
- 8
- True
- True
- True
- one reading is enough
- helps you keep it
- store it
- reading it once only
- some kids never forget
- a fact
- False
- 70
- False
- short planned breaks
- True
- TV on while studying
- False
- False
- a quiet place to study
- short-term memory
- 10
- studying very hungry
- helps you keep it
- False
- True
- tables learned long ago
- short-term memory
- a fact
- a myth
- a full night’s sleep
- store it
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