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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Name a capital of Magadha.
2. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
5. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
6. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
7. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
8. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. What is a stereotype?
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. Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
7. Treating a person unfairly because of who they are is called ______.
8. How many languages are listed in the Indian Constitution?
9. Ladakh is famous for which animal’s wool?
10. Name two ways in which people in India are different.