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