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