← Inventions and inventors lesson New set →

Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 280 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

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

Answer key

  1. False
  2. do sums quickly
  3. the electric battery
  4. False
  5. Louis Braille
  6. Johannes Gutenberg
  7. True
  8. microscope
  9. Alexander Graham Bell
  10. Alessandro Volta
  11. Edward Jenner
  12. True
  13. the printing press
  14. True
  15. Wilhelm Röntgen
  16. False
  17. False
  18. the smallpox vaccine
  19. True
  20. False
  21. thermometer
  22. see faraway stars
  23. the first aeroplane
  24. False
  25. René Laennec
  26. False
  27. the telephone
  28. True
  29. printing press
  30. False
  31. measure body temperature
  32. False
  33. talk to people far away
  34. False
  35. X-rays
  36. stethoscope
  37. True
  38. False
  39. compass
  40. True

Free gk lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/gk-worksheets