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