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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
2. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
3. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
4. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
5. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
6. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
7. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
8. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
9. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
10. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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