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