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. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
5. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. Which star shows the north direction?
8. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
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 Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
2. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
3. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
4. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
5. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
7. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
8. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
9. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
10. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
2. Where was the Great Bath found?
3. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
4. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
5. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
6. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
7. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
8. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
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. Name a capital of Magadha.
2. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
3. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
4. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
5. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
6. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
7. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
10. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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