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Memory techniques lesson 24: Final test: memory techniques · Set 108 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Notice, link, review): Find the topic: memory basics, a mnemonic, a picture or place method, or a study habit. Use that lesson’s tip and read every option before you choose. For sums: add gaps to the learning day, wrong answers = all − right, revision days = days − learning days.

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  1. 1.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kite, tomato, whistle, pencil, lamp is “___ Tiny Wet Pigs Love”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Bakes (b) Kites (c) Dogs (d) Up
  2. 2.Which of these makes a poor mind map? (a) one key word per branch (b) a colour for each branch (c) lines that link ideas (d) topic in a corner
  3. 3.Which of these helps your memory? (a) hours with no break (b) skipping breakfast (c) revising before bed (d) sitting still all day
  4. 4.Which of these helps you keep what you learn? (a) cramming the last night (b) skipping revision (c) reading it once only (d) a good night’s sleep
  5. 5.📐 Area of a rectangle = length × breadth. What helps you keep it? (a) read it once (b) picture a tiled floor (c) skip it (d) copy it blindly
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an inkpot by the banyan tree, an ant by the bus stop, an onion by the park gate, a ladder by the fruit cart, a tent by the post box. Where did you place the ant? (a) banyan tree (b) bus stop (c) park gate (d) post box
  7. 7.🎨 Which word is the hardest to picture as it is? (a) rocket (b) honesty (c) elephant (d) banana
  8. 8.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a sock by the stairs, a tomato by the blackboard, a tent by the library, a glass by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tomato (b) tent (c) sock (d) guava
  11. 11.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AEASNAA (c) AANSAAE (d) AANSAEA
  12. 12.True or false: “copying notes neatly” is active recall. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🗣️ In Hindi, “billi” means cat. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a fish lighting a MATCH (b) a CHUBBY key (c) a cat paying a BILL (d) a flower in a POOL
  14. 14.🗓️ You learn a new topic on day 2. Which review plan has gaps that grow longer each time? (a) days 3, 7, 14 (b) all on day 14 (c) days 5, 8, 11 (d) days 9, 13, 14
  15. 15.🗺️ Good or poor mind map: a colour for each branch? (a) a poor mind map (b) a good mind map
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a goal for each session (b) chatting in class (c) eyes on the speaker (d) phone in another room
  17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lazy Eight Pigs All (b) All Pigs Lazy Eight (c) Eight Lazy Pigs All (d) Lazy Pigs All Eight
  18. 18.🗂️ You hear a new number and don’t repeat it. How long does it usually stay in short-term memory? (a) until next month (b) only a short while (c) forever (d) for years
  19. 19.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a sock that smells awful? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
  20. 20.🗣️ When should you review a new keyword picture? (a) only in the exam (b) after a year (c) later today and tomorrow (d) never again
  21. 21.🔢 Why is 987 654 3210 easier to hold than 9876543210? (a) it is a smaller number (b) it has fewer digits (c) it is printed bigger (d) three chunks, not ten
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) draw a labelled picture (b) know what each letter is (c) read it once (d) see where it comes from
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looking at your phone (b) saying the name back (c) asking how to spell it (d) noticing the face
  24. 24.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: find a sound-alike word? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  25. 25.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) write (b) sock (c) shock (d) lock
  26. 26.📚 You must revise 12 chapters, 3 chapters a day. How many days will it take?
  27. 27.True or false: “quizzing with cards” is active recall. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “old topics each Sunday” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) a whole book (b) no limit (c) hundreds (d) only a few
  30. 30.True or false: “a kite as big as a house” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.👋 You meet a new classmate called Kiran. The name means “ray of light”. Which picture helps you link the name to the face? (a) in a bright ray of light (b) holding a pink lotus (c) riding a big sea wave (d) wearing a shiny star
  32. 32.🗣️ Which step of the keyword method is this: hear the new word? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  33. 33.🔤 “MVEMJSUN” helps you remember the planets from the Sun. What does letter 4 (M) stand for? (a) Uranus (b) Saturn (c) Mars (d) Earth
  34. 34.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
  35. 35.🗓️ Spaced practice or cramming: gaps that grow longer? (a) spaced practice (b) cramming
  36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Sing Goats (b) Goats Wet Sing (c) Wet Goats Sing (d) Sing Wet Goats
  37. 37.Which of these is a weak way to learn a formula? (a) read it once (b) draw a labelled picture (c) use it in a few sums (d) test yourself weekly
  38. 38.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a list of words only? (a) a strong picture (b) a weak picture
  39. 39.🎨 Which makes a memory picture stronger? (a) make it big and funny (b) make it small and plain (c) keep it still (d) make it grey
  40. 40.🎨 To remember the word “umbrella”, which picture is best? (a) a small grey dot (b) a plain box (c) the word “umbrella” (d) a giant rainbow umbrella

Answer key

  1. Kites
  2. topic in a corner
  3. revising before bed
  4. a good night’s sleep
  5. picture a tiled floor
  6. bus stop
  7. honesty
  8. False
  9. fix stops in order
  10. tent
  11. AANSAEA
  12. False
  13. a cat paying a BILL
  14. days 3, 7, 14
  15. a good mind map
  16. chatting in class
  17. Eight Lazy Pigs All
  18. only a short while
  19. a strong picture
  20. later today and tomorrow
  21. three chunks, not ten
  22. read it once
  23. looking at your phone
  24. step 2
  25. write
  26. 4
  27. True
  28. False
  29. only a few
  30. True
  31. in a bright ray of light
  32. step 1
  33. Mars
  34. 5
  35. spaced practice
  36. Sing Wet Goats
  37. read it once
  38. a weak picture
  39. make it big and funny
  40. a giant rainbow umbrella

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