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

Answer the questions.

1. How many planets are there in the solar system?
2. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
3. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
4. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
5. Which is the largest planet?
6. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
7. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
8. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

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 continent is covered with thick ice?
4. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
5. Which gas makes up most of the air?
6. How many continents are there?
7. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
8. Which is the largest ocean?
9. Which is the largest continent?
10. Which ocean is named after a country?

Answer the questions.

1. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
2. About how old are the Harappan cities?
3. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
4. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
5. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
6. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
7. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
8. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
9. Where was the Great Bath found?
10. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who is in charge of a police station?
2. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
3. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
4. Who heads the administration of a district?
5. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
6. What does universal adult franchise mean?
7. Which body looks after a big city?
8. What is a democracy?
9. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
10. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.

Answer the questions.

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