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