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Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

GK lesson 21: Inventions and inventors · Set 691 · 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.💡 Who gave us the smallpox vaccine? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Edward Jenner (d) Alexander Graham Bell
  2. 2.🔧 Which invention helps us measure body temperature? (a) telescope (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) compass
  3. 3.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  5. 5.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us penicillin. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.What did Edward Jenner give us? (a) the telephone (b) the first aeroplane (c) the printing press (d) the smallpox vaccine
  7. 7.What does a telephone help us do? (a) print many books (b) talk to people far away (c) find directions (d) do sums quickly
  8. 8.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.What does a clock help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) do sums quickly (d) print many books
  10. 10.True or false: a stethoscope helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Louis Braille
  12. 12.What did Alexander Graham Bell give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) the printing press (d) the stethoscope
  13. 13.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the electric battery. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.What does a calculator help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) see tiny germs (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
  15. 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  16. 16.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Edward Jenner
  17. 17.What does a microscope help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) tell the time (d) see tiny germs
  18. 18.True or false: a telescope helps us see faraway stars. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔧 Which invention helps us do sums quickly? (a) printing press (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) clock
  21. 21.True or false: René Laennec gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.What did Alexander Fleming give us? (a) the telephone (b) the electric battery (c) penicillin (d) X-rays
  23. 23.🔧 Which invention helps us hear the heartbeat? (a) stethoscope (b) calculator (c) clock (d) telephone
  24. 24.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: a clock helps us tell the time. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does a printing press help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) tell the time (c) print many books (d) see faraway stars
  27. 27.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the first aeroplane (b) the printing press (c) raised-dot writing (d) the stethoscope
  28. 28.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
  29. 29.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the stethoscope (b) the first aeroplane (c) the electric battery (d) X-rays
  30. 30.True or false: Louis Braille gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) microscope (b) telephone (c) printing press (d) calculator
  32. 32.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) print many books (b) find directions (c) measure body temperature (d) hear the heartbeat
  33. 33.True or false: a stethoscope helps us see faraway stars. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) René Laennec (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) Alessandro Volta
  35. 35.True or false: a printing press helps us tell the time. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.What does a compass help us do? (a) print many books (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) talk to people far away
  37. 37.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) compass (d) printing press
  38. 38.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) the Wright brothers (b) Louis Braille (c) Alexander Graham Bell (d) Alessandro Volta
  39. 39.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) stethoscope (b) telescope (c) compass (d) printing press
  40. 40.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Wilhelm Röntgen (c) Edward Jenner (d) Louis Braille

Answer key

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. thermometer
  3. True
  4. the printing press
  5. True
  6. the smallpox vaccine
  7. talk to people far away
  8. False
  9. tell the time
  10. False
  11. René Laennec
  12. the telephone
  13. False
  14. do sums quickly
  15. Alexander Graham Bell
  16. Alexander Fleming
  17. see tiny germs
  18. True
  19. False
  20. calculator
  21. True
  22. penicillin
  23. stethoscope
  24. True
  25. True
  26. print many books
  27. the stethoscope
  28. the Wright brothers
  29. the first aeroplane
  30. True
  31. telephone
  32. hear the heartbeat
  33. False
  34. Johannes Gutenberg
  35. False
  36. find directions
  37. compass
  38. Alessandro Volta
  39. printing press
  40. Louis Braille

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