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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
2. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
3. On which date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
4. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
5. The circle that divides day from night on the globe is the ______.
6. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
7. How long does the Earth take to go once around the Sun?
8. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?
9. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
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. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
3. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
4. Which is the largest ocean?
5. How many continents are there?
6. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
7. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
8. Which ocean is named after a country?
9. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
10. Which continent is covered with thick ice?

Answer the questions.

1. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
2. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
3. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
4. Where was the Great Bath found?
5. About how old are the Harappan cities?
6. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
7. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
10. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
2. All adults of a village together form the ______.
3. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
4. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
5. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
6. Who is in charge of a police station?
7. Which body looks after a big city?
8. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
9. What is a democracy?
10. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.

Answer the questions.

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