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