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

Answer the questions.

1. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
2. Which is the largest planet?
3. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
4. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
5. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
8. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
9. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
10. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
2. Name a capital of Magadha.
3. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
4. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
5. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
6. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
7. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
8. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
9. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
10. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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