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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no time for review (b) has short breaks (c) mixes subjects each day (d) old topics come back
- 2.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) AANSAAE (b) ANSAEAA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAEA
- 3.✋ The 9s trick: for 9 × 2, the tens digit is 2 − 1 and the ones digit is 10 − 2. What is 9 × 2?
- 4.🔢 Instead of holding 9 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 5.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🗺️ Mind map of “Parts of a plant”: which detail goes on the “flowers” branch? (a) make food using sunlight (b) grow under the ground (c) turn into fruit (d) have tiny pores
- 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
- 8.Which of these lets what you learn fade? (a) one long session only (b) making a picture of it (c) reviewing after a week (d) explaining to a friend
- 9.🔤 “SWG” helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom. What does letter 2 (W) stand for? (a) white (b) green (c) saffron
- 10.🔢 You want to remember the number 970590023. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 907 590 023 (b) 997 059 0023 (c) 970 590 02 (d) 970 590 023
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a long story (c) a list in a fixed order (d) a maths sum
- 12.😴 Why does sleep matter for learning? (a) it erases memory (b) it is only for babies (c) it helps learning stick (d) it wastes time
- 13.🎵 Which word rhymes with “king”? (a) bite (b) fun (c) spring (d) tell
- 14.👋 What is the best first step when you hear a new name? (a) say it back: “Hi, Riya!” (b) change the topic (c) ask for their phone (d) nod and forget
- 15.True or false: “linking it to a picture” makes you lose a new name. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “cram it the last night” is a weak way to learn a formula. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which memory picture uses the sense of taste? (a) stroking soft fur (b) tasting bitter karela (c) seeing a red kite fly (d) watching fireworks
- 18.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) APISA (d) PAISA
- 19.Which of these helps your memory? (a) revising before bed (b) staying up very late (c) an all-night cram (d) screens till midnight
- 20.Which of these makes a good revision timetable? (a) old topics come back (b) late nights every day (c) starts the night before (d) no spare days
- 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 102589078210. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1205 8907 8210 (b) 1025 8890 78210 (c) 1025 8907 8210 (d) 1025 9078 210
- 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) drinking enough water (b) a full night’s sleep (c) a calm, happy mind (d) feeling very stressed
- 24.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECPC (b) ECCP (c) CEPC (d) CPCE
- 25.🎨 Which sense does this memory picture use: feeling a prickly cactus? (a) taste (b) touch (c) sound (d) smell
- 26.Which of these is a myth about memory? (a) we forget without review (b) pictures stick better (c) you keep all you read (d) testing yourself helps
- 27.🗣️ In Hindi, “bandar” means monkey. Which keyword picture helps you remember it? (a) a monkey in a BAND (b) a BATTLE in the clouds (c) Mum saying “AYE, AYE!” (d) a DOLL with big eyes
- 28.📆 Where should the hard topics go? (a) earlier, with more time (b) after the exam (c) nowhere (d) the last night
- 29.📅 The digits 06011990 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 0601/19/90 (b) 060/119/90 (c) 06/01/1990 (d) 06/0119/90
- 30.Which of these helps attention? (a) chatting in class (b) a desk full of toys (c) asking a question (d) TV on while studying
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) learning without meaning (b) making a picture of it (c) linking to what you know (d) testing yourself
- 32.🗓️ Why should the gaps grow longer? (a) no reason (b) to save paper (c) each review lasts longer (d) to forget faster
- 33.👋 Helps you keep a new name, or makes you lose it: writing it down later? (a) helps with names (b) loses names
- 34.True or false: “spare days for doubts” makes a good revision timetable. (a) False (b) True
- 35.📉 What happens to forgetting each time you review? (a) you forget more (b) nothing changes (c) it slows down (d) it speeds up
- 36.Which of these helps your memory? (a) studying very hungry (b) skipping breakfast (c) hours with no break (d) a healthy breakfast
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a mango by the banyan tree, a tiger by the park gate, an owl by the slide, a vase by the fruit cart, a pencil by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) pencil (b) vase (c) mango (d) tiger
- 38.True or false: “starts weeks early” makes a poor revision timetable. (a) True (b) False
- 39.Which of these is spaced practice? (a) 15 minutes on 4 days (b) all reviews on one day (c) starting the exam eve (d) learning it all at once
- 40.🔗 To recall your list, you… (a) start from nowhere (b) read a new list (c) replay the story (d) guess
Answer key
- no time for review
- AANSAEA
- 18
- 6
- False
- turn into fruit
- put pictures at stops
- one long session only
- white
- 970 590 023
- a list in a fixed order
- it helps learning stick
- spring
- say it back: “Hi, Riya!”
- False
- True
- tasting bitter karela
- PAISA
- revising before bed
- old topics come back
- 1025 8907 8210
- an acronym
- feeling very stressed
- ECPC
- touch
- you keep all you read
- a monkey in a BAND
- earlier, with more time
- 06/01/1990
- asking a question
- learning without meaning
- each review lasts longer
- helps with names
- True
- it slows down
- a healthy breakfast
- mango
- False
- 15 minutes on 4 days
- replay the story
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