Memory Techniques Worksheet: Final Test
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.True or false: “scrolling while reading” helps attention. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the national anthem (b) your best friend’s name (c) how to swim (d) directions told just now
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asking how to spell it (b) looking at your phone (c) writing it down later (d) using it in a sentence
- 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) MVEMJSUN (b) NUSJMEVM (c) VEMJSUNM (d) VMEMJSUN
- 5.📅 The digits 24121974 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 24/12/1974 (b) 24/1219/74 (c) 241/219/74 (d) 2412/19/74
- 6.True or false: “a sock that smells awful” makes a weak memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 7.⏱️ You study in 2 blocks of 25 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 8.🗣️ In Marathi, “dola” means eye. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BAT made of rice (c) a flower in a POOL (d) a DOLL with big eyes
- 9.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 6. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 10.True or false: “no time for review” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔢 Instead of holding 8 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 12.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jeep, tiger, kettle? (a) Kind Tiny Jolly (b) Jolly Tiny Kind (c) Tiny Kind Jolly (d) Tiny Jolly Kind
- 13.👋 You pictured a new friend sitting on a cloud. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Anil (b) Megha (c) Sagar (d) Vidya
- 14.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail is on a different branch from the other three? (a) have tiny pores (b) make food using sunlight (c) green, flat and thin (d) take in water from soil
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) fruit and vegetables (b) a healthy breakfast (c) studying very hungry (d) short study breaks
- 16.🧠 In the three steps of memory, which comes first: recall it or keep it in memory? (a) recall it (b) keep it in memory
- 17.🧪 After a self-test, what do you do with mistakes? (a) ignore them (b) review them, test again (c) start a new topic (d) hide them
- 18.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: link it to the meaning or review the picture? (a) link it to the meaning (b) review the picture
- 19.True or false: “a blurry shape” makes a strong memory picture. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an umbrella by the sofa, a ball by the bed, an igloo by the TV, a bucket by the dining table, an apple by the kitchen. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) apple (b) igloo (c) ball (d) bucket
- 21.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 22.🃏 You test yourself on 11 state capitals and get 4 right. How many go back in the “again” pile?
- 23.🎵 Which word rhymes with “cake”? (a) bright (b) make (c) string (d) won
- 24.Which of these is kept in long-term memory? (a) a price you just heard (b) your home address (c) the last line you read (d) a carry while adding
- 25.True or false: “lock” rhymes with “clock”. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which memory picture uses the sense of smell? (a) hands in icy water (b) smelling a stinky sock (c) hearing a whistle (d) tasting bitter karela
- 27.True or false: “reviewing the next day” lets what you learn fade. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: “not asking again” helps you keep a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 30.🔗 Your link story: a giant goat crashes into an onion; the onion bounces onto a ball; the ball chases an orange; the orange falls into a frog. Which item comes right before the onion? (a) frog (b) ball (c) goat (d) onion
- 31.🔢 You want to remember the number 300230165034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 0023 0165 034 (b) 3002 3016 55034 (c) 3020 3016 5034 (d) 3002 3016 5034
- 32.True or false: “old topics each Sunday” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 33.True or false: “gaps that grow longer” is cramming. (a) True (b) False
- 34.📉 When do we forget the most of something new? (a) after ten years (b) in the first day or two (c) never (d) only in exams
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a banana by the TV, a bucket by the door, a spoon by the shoe rack, a pillow by the gate, a violin by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) spoon (b) bucket (c) violin (d) pillow
- 36.🧠 Fact or myth: “meaning makes it stick”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 37.True or false: “no review until the test” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “bun” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 39.👀 You read a page but can’t say what it was about. What helps most? (a) read it faster (b) skip the chapter (c) turn the TV on (d) read it again, focused
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a full night’s sleep (b) short study breaks (c) staying up very late (d) a calm, happy mind
Answer key
- False
- directions told just now
- looking at your phone
- MVEMJSUN
- 24/12/1974
- False
- 55
- a DOLL with big eyes
- 18
- True
- 5
- Jolly Tiny Kind
- Megha
- take in water from soil
- studying very hungry
- keep it in memory
- review them, test again
- link it to the meaning
- False
- apple
- an acronym
- 7
- make
- your home address
- True
- smelling a stinky sock
- False
- False
- an acronym
- goat
- 3002 3016 5034
- False
- False
- in the first day or two
- spoon
- a fact
- False
- False
- read it again, focused
- staying up very late
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