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.📅 You learn a Hindi poem on day 2. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 2.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) meaning makes it stick (b) attention comes first (c) testing yourself helps (d) memory can’t improve
- 3.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) a blank wall (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
- 4.👀 Does this help attention or break it: TV on while studying? (a) helps attention (b) breaks attention
- 5.📉 Does this help you keep it, or let it fade: one long session only? (a) lets it fade (b) helps you keep it
- 6.🔗 Which step of the story method is this: replay the story? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 7.📐 Smart or weak way to learn a formula: use it in a few sums? (a) a smart way (b) a weak way
- 8.😴 Helps memory or hurts memory: staying up very late? (a) helps memory (b) hurts memory
- 9.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “a sweet brown treat”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) chocolate (b) choclate (c) chocklate (d) chocolat
- 10.True or false: “a price you just heard” is held in short-term memory. (a) False (b) True
- 11.🧠 Fact or myth: “sleep helps you learn”? (a) a fact (b) a myth
- 12.🗂️ How many things can short-term memory hold at once? (a) hundreds (b) no limit (c) a whole book (d) only a few
- 13.🧠 Which step of memory is this: get it back later? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 2
- 14.👋 You pictured a new friend holding a dove of peace. Which name does the picture help you recall? (a) Shanti (b) Megha (c) Sagar (d) Prithvi
- 15.Which memory picture uses the sense of sight? (a) stroking soft fur (b) seeing a glowing star (c) hearing a drum boom (d) smelling jasmine
- 16.True or false: “a plain grey box” makes a strong memory picture. (a) True (b) False
- 17.📅 The digits 28041963 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 2804/19/63 (b) 28/0419/63 (c) 280/419/63 (d) 28/04/1963
- 18.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym word
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an owl by the classroom door, an inkpot by the stairs, a watch by the blackboard, an umpire by the notice board, a doll by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) inkpot (b) umpire (c) owl (d) watch
- 20.📅 You learn the 7 times table on day 4. You review 2 days later, then 4 days after that, then 8 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 21.True or false: “eyes on the speaker” breaks attention. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: find a sound-alike word or link it to the meaning? (a) find a sound-alike word (b) link it to the meaning
- 23.🔤 Which is the right spelling of the word for “the second month”? Tip: say it in parts. (a) Februry (b) Febuary (c) February (d) Febrary
- 24.📅 You learn 10 science words on day 1. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 7 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 25.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom, in order: saffron, white, green? (a) GWS (b) WGS (c) SWG (d) WSG
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) closed-book writing (b) only listening again (c) answering old questions (d) teaching your sibling
- 27.🔢 Instead of holding 12 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 28.True or false: “only easy subjects” makes a good revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🗺️ What goes in the centre of a mind map? (a) the date (b) your name (c) a small detail (d) the main topic
- 30.🗣️ In the keyword method, which comes first: review the picture or link it to the meaning? (a) review the picture (b) link it to the meaning
- 31.📅 The digits 11011975 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 110/119/75 (b) 11/0119/75 (c) 11/01/1975 (d) 1101/19/75
- 32.🧠 Why do we forget many things we learn? (a) we never reviewed them (b) learning is useless (c) memory is fixed (d) the brain is broken
- 33.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a giant pink elephant (b) a far-off still tree (c) a list of words only (d) the word in small print
- 34.📅 You learn the parts of a flower on day 3. You review 2 days later, then 3 days after that, then 6 days after that. On which day is your third review?
- 35.True or false: “wing” rhymes with “night”. (a) False (b) True
- 36.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) a rhyme about cats (c) a list of numbers (d) initials match the list
- 37.🔢 What is chunking? (a) reading very fast (b) splitting into groups (c) saying it backwards (d) writing it twice
- 38.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 39.Which of these makes a strong memory picture? (a) a far-off still tree (b) a frog wearing a crown (c) a blurry shape (d) a plain grey box
- 40.🧠 You forgot a new friend’s name one minute after hearing it. What most likely went wrong? (a) not paying attention (b) names can’t be learned (c) your brain is full (d) you are bad at names
Answer key
- 16
- memory can’t improve
- one you know very well
- breaks attention
- lets it fade
- step 4
- a smart way
- hurts memory
- chocolate
- True
- a fact
- only a few
- step 3
- Shanti
- seeing a glowing star
- False
- 28/04/1963
- a first-letter sentence
- owl
- 18
- False
- find a sound-alike word
- February
- 13
- SWG
- only listening again
- 8
- False
- the main topic
- link it to the meaning
- 11/01/1975
- we never reviewed them
- a giant pink elephant
- 14
- False
- initials match the list
- splitting into groups
- the rainbow colours
- a frog wearing a crown
- not paying attention
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