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