← Inventions and inventors lesson New set →

Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 128 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

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

Free gk lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/gk-worksheets