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