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

Answer the questions.

1. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
2. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
3. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
6. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. How long does the Earth take to go once around the Sun?
2. The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called ______.
3. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
4. On which dates are day and night equal everywhere (equinoxes)?
5. How many days does a leap year have?
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. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
9. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
10. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?

Answer the questions.

1. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
2. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
3. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
4. Which ocean is named after a country?
5. Which gas makes up most of the air?
6. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
7. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
8. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
9. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
10. Which is the largest ocean?

Answer the questions.

1. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
2. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
3. Where was the Great Bath found?
4. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
5. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
6. About how old are the Harappan cities?
7. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
10. The Harappan cities grew along which river?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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