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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
2. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
3. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
4. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
5. Where was the Great Bath found?
6. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
7. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
8. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
9. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
10. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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