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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
2. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
3. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
4. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
5. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
6. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
7. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
8. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer the questions.

1. The circle that divides day from night on the globe is the ______.
2. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?
3. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
4. How many days does a leap year have?
5. The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called ______.
6. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
7. How long does the Earth take to go once around the Sun?
8. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
9. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
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. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
3. How many continents are there?
4. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
5. Which is the smallest continent?
6. Which ocean is named after a country?
7. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
8. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
9. Which is the largest ocean?
10. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. What is a democracy?
2. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
3. Who heads the administration of a district?
4. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
5. Who is in charge of a police station?
6. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
7. Who keeps the land records of a village?
8. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
9. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
10. What does universal adult franchise mean?

Answer the questions.

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