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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
2. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
3. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
4. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
6. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
7. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
8. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
9. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
10. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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