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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 101 · 40 questions
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Remember (Who and what for?): Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, first aeroplane – the Wright brothers, printing press – Johannes Gutenberg, raised-dot writing – Louis Braille. Smallpox vaccine – Edward Jenner, penicillin – Alexander Fleming, stethoscope – René Laennec, electric battery – Alessandro Volta, X-rays – Wilhelm Röntgen. Uses: telephone – talk far away, thermometer – body temperature, compass – directions, telescope – faraway stars, microscope – tiny germs.

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  1. 1.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) telescope (b) compass (c) calculator (d) microscope
  2. 2.What does a clock help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) talk to people far away
  3. 3.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) raised-dot writing (d) the first aeroplane
  4. 4.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) penicillin (c) the electric battery (d) raised-dot writing
  5. 5.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the telephone (b) penicillin (c) the printing press (d) the electric battery
  6. 6.True or false: a telephone helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) see faraway stars (c) talk to people far away (d) tell the time
  8. 8.What does a compass help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) see tiny germs
  9. 9.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) penicillin (b) X-rays (c) the telephone (d) the printing press
  10. 10.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) compass (d) printing press
  12. 12.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) the smallpox vaccine
  14. 14.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Edward Jenner (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  16. 16.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: a microscope helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) stethoscope
  19. 19.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  21. 21.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Louis Braille
  23. 23.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alessandro Volta
  25. 25.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) microscope (b) clock (c) calculator (d) telephone
  26. 26.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) René Laennec (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) the Wright brothers
  27. 27.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the stethoscope (c) the first aeroplane (d) raised-dot writing
  30. 30.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  31. 31.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alessandro Volta (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  32. 32.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us X-rays. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  34. 34.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.What does a telescope help us do? (a) see faraway stars (b) do sums quickly (c) see tiny germs (d) talk to people far away
  36. 36.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the first aeroplane
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) printing press (d) clock
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Louis Braille
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) thermometer (d) printing press
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. telescope
  2. tell the time
  3. the telephone
  4. the electric battery
  5. the printing press
  6. False
  7. talk to people far away
  8. find directions
  9. penicillin
  10. X-rays
  11. telephone
  12. True
  13. the smallpox vaccine
  14. True
  15. René Laennec
  16. True
  17. False
  18. microscope
  19. True
  20. Alexander Fleming
  21. False
  22. Wilhelm Röntgen
  23. False
  24. Edward Jenner
  25. calculator
  26. the Wright brothers
  27. False
  28. True
  29. raised-dot writing
  30. hear the heartbeat
  31. Johannes Gutenberg
  32. False
  33. do sums quickly
  34. False
  35. see faraway stars
  36. the first aeroplane
  37. stethoscope
  38. Alexander Graham Bell
  39. compass
  40. False

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