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