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

Answer the questions.

1. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
2. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
3. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
4. How many planets are there in the solar system?
5. Which star shows the north direction?
6. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
7. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
8. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
9. Which is the largest planet?
10. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.

Answer the questions.

1. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
2. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
3. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
4. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
5. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
6. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
7. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
8. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
2. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
3. Which gas makes up most of the air?
4. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
5. Which ocean is named after a country?
6. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
7. Which is the largest ocean?
8. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
9. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
10. Which is the largest continent?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
3. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
4. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
5. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
6. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
7. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
8. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
9. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
10. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which body looks after a big city?
2. Who heads the administration of a district?
3. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
4. All adults of a village together form the ______.
5. Who is in charge of a police station?
6. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
7. What does universal adult franchise mean?
8. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
9. Who keeps the land records of a village?
10. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.

Answer the questions.

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