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