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