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