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