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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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