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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 625 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: a printing press helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) microscope (b) compass (c) stethoscope (d) telescope
  3. 3.True or false: a calculator helps us do sums quickly. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the electric battery (c) the stethoscope (d) X-rays
  6. 6.True or false: a compass helps us do sums quickly. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Louis Braille (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Alexander Fleming (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  9. 9.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) compass (b) calculator (c) telephone (d) clock
  11. 11.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) the printing press (b) the telephone (c) the first aeroplane (d) the electric battery
  12. 12.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Louis Braille (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Edward Jenner
  13. 13.What did Alessandro Volta give us? (a) the printing press (b) the electric battery (c) raised-dot writing (d) the telephone
  14. 14.True or false: Wilhelm Röntgen gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us raised-dot writing. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.What does a microscope help us do? (a) tell the time (b) talk to people far away (c) see tiny germs (d) measure body temperature
  17. 17.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the telephone (c) the printing press (d) the first aeroplane
  18. 18.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the smallpox vaccine (c) raised-dot writing (d) X-rays
  19. 19.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Louis Braille (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  20. 20.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) Edward Jenner (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) the Wright brothers
  21. 21.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) raised-dot writing (d) the smallpox vaccine
  22. 22.What does a telescope help us do? (a) find directions (b) tell the time (c) see faraway stars (d) talk to people far away
  23. 23.True or false: a thermometer helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.What does a compass help us do? (a) tell the time (b) find directions (c) print many books (d) measure body temperature
  26. 26.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) René Laennec (d) Johannes Gutenberg
  28. 28.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) thermometer (b) microscope (c) printing press (d) telephone
  30. 30.True or false: a clock helps us find directions. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the telephone. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.What does a telephone help us do? (a) do sums quickly (b) measure body temperature (c) talk to people far away (d) find directions
  33. 33.True or false: a microscope helps us print many books. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.What does a printing press help us do? (a) tell the time (b) hear the heartbeat (c) see tiny germs (d) print many books
  35. 35.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) measure body temperature (d) see tiny germs
  36. 36.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) microscope (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) telescope
  37. 37.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  38. 38.True or false: a printing press helps us print many books. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) telescope (b) calculator (c) microscope (d) stethoscope
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Edward Jenner (b) Alessandro Volta (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen

Answer key

  1. False
  2. compass
  3. True
  4. True
  5. X-rays
  6. False
  7. True
  8. Louis Braille
  9. False
  10. calculator
  11. the printing press
  12. Wilhelm Röntgen
  13. the electric battery
  14. False
  15. False
  16. see tiny germs
  17. the stethoscope
  18. the smallpox vaccine
  19. Alexander Fleming
  20. René Laennec
  21. the first aeroplane
  22. see faraway stars
  23. False
  24. True
  25. find directions
  26. False
  27. Edward Jenner
  28. False
  29. printing press
  30. False
  31. False
  32. talk to people far away
  33. False
  34. print many books
  35. do sums quickly
  36. stethoscope
  37. Johannes Gutenberg
  38. True
  39. microscope
  40. Alessandro Volta

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