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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
3. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
4. Which is the largest planet?
5. Which star shows the north direction?
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
8. How many planets are there in the solar system?
9. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
10. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.

Answer the questions.

1. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
3. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
4. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
5. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
6. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
7. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Great Bath found?
2. About how old are the Harappan cities?
3. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
4. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
5. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
6. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
7. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
8. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
9. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
10. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
2. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
3. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
4. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
5. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
6. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
7. Name a capital of Magadha.
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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