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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
2. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
3. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
4. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
5. Which ocean is named after a country?
6. Which is the largest continent?
7. Which is the largest ocean?
8. Which gas makes up most of the air?
9. Which is the smallest continent?
10. How many continents are there?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who is in charge of a police station?
2. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
3. Who keeps the land records of a village?
4. Which body looks after a big city?
5. What does universal adult franchise mean?
6. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
7. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
8. All adults of a village together form the ______.
9. Who heads the administration of a district?
10. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.

Answer the questions.

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