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

Answer the questions.

1. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. Which is the largest planet?
4. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
5. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
6. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
7. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
8. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
9. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
10. Which star shows the north direction?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
2. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
3. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
4. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
5. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
6. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
7. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who keeps the land records of a village?
2. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
3. All adults of a village together form the ______.
4. Which body looks after a big city?
5. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
6. Who heads the administration of a district?
7. Who is in charge of a police station?
8. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
9. What is a democracy?
10. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.

Answer the questions.

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