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

Answer the questions.

1. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
2. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
5. Which star shows the north direction?
6. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
7. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
8. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
9. Which is the largest planet?
10. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
3. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
4. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
5. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
6. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
7. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
8. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
9. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
10. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
2. Which is the largest ocean?
3. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
4. Which is the largest continent?
5. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
6. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
7. Which gas makes up most of the air?
8. Which is the smallest continent?
9. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
10. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
5. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
6. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
7. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
8. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
9. Name a capital of Magadha.
10. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer the questions.

1. Which body looks after a big city?
2. What is a democracy?
3. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
4. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
5. All adults of a village together form the ______.
6. Who heads the administration of a district?
7. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
8. Who keeps the land records of a village?
9. Who is in charge of a police station?
10. What does universal adult franchise mean?

Answer the questions.

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