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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
3. How many planets are there in the solar system?
4. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
5. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
8. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
9. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
10. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
3. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
4. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
6. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
7. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
8. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
9. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
10. The Equator is at ______ latitude.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
2. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
3. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
4. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
5. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
6. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
7. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
8. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
9. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
10. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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