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