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.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) reading very fast
- 2.Which of these is a smart way to learn a formula? (a) cram it the last night (b) skip what letters mean (c) copy it 50 times blindly (d) use it in a few sums
- 3.🎨 Strong or weak memory picture: a mango that sings? (a) a weak picture (b) a strong picture
- 4.🎵 Which word does “bake” rhyme with? (a) bell (b) king (c) clock (d) cake
- 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a coconut by the blackboard, a spoon by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the playground, a frog by the classroom door, a mango by the library. Where did you place the spoon? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) playground
- 6.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: how to ride a bicycle? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) IVBGYOR (b) IBGYORV (c) VIBGYOR (d) ROYGBIV
- 8.Which of these helps you keep a new name? (a) looking at your phone (b) thinking of your reply (c) saying the name back (d) rushing the greeting
- 9.✏️ When is a first-letter sentence better than an acronym? (a) there is no list (b) you like spelling (c) the letters make no word (d) the list is short
- 10.🗣️ Your keyword picture is “a CHANDelier on the moon”. Which word does it help you remember? (a) paani (b) haathi (c) chaabi (d) chaand
- 11.True or false: “4 hours the night before” is spaced practice. (a) True (b) False
- 12.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 13.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 14.🃏 Round 1: you test yourself on 24 state capitals and get 9 right. Round 2: you retest only the wrong ones and get 5 of them right. How many are still wrong?
- 15.Which of these makes a weak memory picture? (a) a bright red flying cow (b) a sock that smells awful (c) the word in small print (d) a laughing tiffin box
- 16.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a mango that sings (b) a dull white wall (c) a normal-sized cup (d) a far-off still tree
- 17.True or false: “never use it in sums” is a smart way to learn a formula. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) April (b) February (c) January (d) March
- 19.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 20.🧪 Active recall or passive review: highlighting everything? (a) passive review (b) active recall
- 21.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) stroking soft fur (b) seeing a red kite fly (c) tasting salty chips (d) hearing a whistle
- 22.📐 Every answer in the 5 times table ends in… (a) 0 or 5 (b) 1 or 6 (c) any digit (d) 2 or 7
- 23.🗂️ You learned a poem in Class 3 and still know it. Where is it kept? (a) only your notebook (b) short-term memory (c) long-term memory (d) nowhere
- 24.🗂️ Short-term or long-term memory: a price you just heard? (a) short-term memory (b) long-term memory
- 25.🔤 Why do acronyms help memory? (a) they always rhyme (b) one word holds a list (c) they need no learning (d) they are longer
- 26.🧠 Fact or myth: “we forget without review”? (a) a myth (b) a fact
- 27.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) no review until the test (b) one huge session (c) review on days 1, 3, 7 (d) starting the exam eve
- 28.⏱️ You study in 4 blocks of 20 minutes, with a 5-minute break between blocks. How many minutes is that in all?
- 29.True or false: “bright” rhymes with “tree”. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is held in short-term memory? (a) a number you just heard (b) how to swim (c) your home address (d) your best friend’s name
- 31.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: rushing the greeting? (a) loses names (b) helps with names
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) staying up very late (b) screens till midnight (c) revising before bed (d) skipping breakfast
- 33.Which of these makes a poor revision timetable? (a) sleep time kept (b) spare days for doubts (c) self-tests every week (d) late nights every day
- 34.😴 Can any pill or drink give you a super memory? (a) yes, energy drinks (b) yes, many do (c) yes, sugar does (d) no — habits help most
- 35.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) your name (b) a small detail (c) the date (d) the main topic
- 36.📅 You learn the water cycle on day 4. You review 1 day later, then 3 days after that, then 5 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) saying the name back (b) writing it down later (c) using it in a sentence (d) not asking again
- 38.True or false: “short study breaks” is bad for your memory. (a) True (b) False
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Runs Sing Lions Frogs (b) Sing Runs Lions Frogs (c) Sing Lions Frogs Runs (d) Frogs Lions Sing Runs
- 40.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which branch does “carries water upward” go on? (a) roots (b) stem (c) leaves (d) flowers
Answer key
- splitting into groups
- use it in a few sums
- a strong picture
- cake
- teacher’s desk
- long-term memory
- VIBGYOR
- saying the name back
- the letters make no word
- chaand
- False
- 12
- 6
- 10
- the word in small print
- a mango that sings
- False
- April
- a first-letter sentence
- passive review
- tasting salty chips
- 0 or 5
- long-term memory
- short-term memory
- one word holds a list
- a fact
- review on days 1, 3, 7
- 95
- False
- a number you just heard
- loses names
- revising before bed
- late nights every day
- no — habits help most
- the main topic
- 13
- not asking again
- False
- Runs Sing Lions Frogs
- stem
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