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

Answer the questions.

1. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
2. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
3. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
5. Which is the largest planet?
6. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
9. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
10. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
2. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
3. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
4. About how old are the Harappan cities?
5. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
6. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
7. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
8. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
9. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
10. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?

Answer the questions.

1. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
2. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
3. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
4. Name a capital of Magadha.
5. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
6. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
7. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
8. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
9. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
10. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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