Social science (SST) worksheets for Class 6 — with answers

Answer the questions.

1. Which star shows the north direction?
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
4. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
5. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
8. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?

Answer the questions.

1. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
2. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
3. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
4. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
5. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
6. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
7. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
8. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?

Answer the questions.

1. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
2. On which dates are day and night equal everywhere (equinoxes)?
3. How many days does a leap year have?
4. The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called ______.
5. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
6. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
7. The circle that divides day from night on the globe is the ______.
8. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
9. On which date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
10. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?

Answer the questions.

1. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
2. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
3. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
4. Which is the smallest continent?
5. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
6. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
7. Which ocean is named after a country?
8. How many continents are there?
9. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
10. Which gas makes up most of the air?

Answer the questions.

1. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
2. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
3. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
4. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
5. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
6. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
7. About how old are the Harappan cities?
8. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
9. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
10. Where was the Great Bath found?

Answer the questions.

1. Name a capital of Magadha.
2. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
3. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
4. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
5. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
6. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
7. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
8. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.

Answer the questions.

1. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
2. Who is in charge of a police station?
3. Which body looks after a big city?
4. Who keeps the land records of a village?
5. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
6. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
7. What does universal adult franchise mean?
8. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
9. What is a democracy?
10. All adults of a village together form the ______.

Answer the questions.

1. India is called a land of “unity in ______”.
2. What is prejudice?
3. Kerala is famous for which trade in the past?
4. Name two ways in which people in India are different.
5. Name a festival that is celebrated across India.
6. Ladakh is famous for which animal’s wool?
7. Treating a person unfairly because of who they are is called ______.
8. Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
9. How many languages are listed in the Indian Constitution?
10. Who wrote “Vande Mataram”?