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