← Inventions and inventors lesson New set →

Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 532 · 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.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Alexander Fleming
  2. 2.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Edward Jenner (d) the Wright brothers
  3. 3.What did René Laennec give us? (a) X-rays (b) the printing press (c) the stethoscope (d) the electric battery
  4. 4.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) X-rays (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) raised-dot writing
  5. 5.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) print many books (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  7. 7.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the electric battery (d) the first aeroplane
  8. 8.True or false: a printing press helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the stethoscope (c) the electric battery (d) the printing press
  10. 10.True or false: a calculator helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) calculator (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  12. 12.What does a thermometer help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) talk to people far away (d) measure body temperature
  13. 13.What does a microscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) hear the heartbeat (c) do sums quickly (d) see tiny germs
  14. 14.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) stethoscope (c) clock (d) thermometer
  19. 19.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) microscope
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) printing press (b) telescope (c) compass (d) calculator
  21. 21.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Edward Jenner (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  22. 22.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille
  24. 24.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us the electric battery. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a telescope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) find directions
  26. 26.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: René Laennec gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: a stethoscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the smallpox vaccine (d) the stethoscope
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) thermometer (c) microscope (d) telescope
  32. 32.True or false: a telephone helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) the Wright brothers (c) René Laennec (d) Edward Jenner
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) René Laennec (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alexander Fleming
  35. 35.What does a calculator help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) find directions (c) tell the time (d) hear the heartbeat
  36. 36.True or false: a telescope helps us see tiny germs. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) raised-dot writing (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) the first aeroplane (d) the stethoscope
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) clock
  40. 40.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Alexander Fleming
  2. René Laennec
  3. the stethoscope
  4. X-rays
  5. True
  6. print many books
  7. the first aeroplane
  8. False
  9. the printing press
  10. False
  11. stethoscope
  12. measure body temperature
  13. see tiny germs
  14. False
  15. True
  16. True
  17. True
  18. thermometer
  19. calculator
  20. telescope
  21. Edward Jenner
  22. True
  23. the Wright brothers
  24. True
  25. see faraway stars
  26. False
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. the smallpox vaccine
  31. microscope
  32. False
  33. Louis Braille
  34. Wilhelm Röntgen
  35. do sums quickly
  36. False
  37. True
  38. raised-dot writing
  39. telephone
  40. True

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