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