Worksheet Solutions: Famous Personalities | Social Studies for Class 5 PDF Download

Answer the following

Q1: Who are the individuals associated with polonium and radium and have won two Nobel Prizes?
Ans: Marie Curie

Q2: Who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ans: Martin Luther King Jr.

Q3: Who wrote "Gitanjali" and received the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore

Q4: Who was the President of the United States of America who ended slavery?
Ans: Abraham Lincoln

Q5: Who won three Olympic gold medals in field hockey and was honored with the Padma Bhushan?
Ans: Dhyan Chand

Q6: Fill in the blanks.
(i) Sushruta wrote a book called __________.
Ans: Sushruta wrote a book called the "Sushruta Samhita."

(ii) __________ and her husband founded the first girl’s school in Pune.
Ans: Savitribai Phule and her husband founded the first girl’s school in Pune.

(iii) Sense and Sensibility was written by __________.
Ans: Sense and Sensibility was written by Jane Austen.

(iv) The birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as __________.
Ans: The birthday of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is celebrated as Teachers' Day in India.

(v) Sir Donald Bradman was a(n) __________ batsman.
Ans: Sir Donald Bradman was a legendary batsman.

Q7: True and False

(i) Nelson Mandela fought against laws that kept white and black people apart.
Ans: True

(ii) Sundarlal Bahuguna was a famous cricketer.
Ans: False

(iii) Thomas Alva Edison was the inventor of the electric light bulb.
Ans: True

(iv) Munshi Premchand was a famous scientist.
Ans: False

(v) Stephen Hawking was an environmentalist.
Ans: False

(vi)  Sunil Gavaskar was a famous author.
Ans: False