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

Answer the questions.

1. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
2. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
3. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. Which is the largest planet?
8. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
9. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
10. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?

Answer the questions.

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

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 date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
5. The circle that divides day from night on the globe is the ______.
6. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
7. How many days does a leap year have?
8. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
9. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
10. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
2. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
3. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
4. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
5. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
6. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
7. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
8. Name a capital of Magadha.
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer the questions.

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

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. Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
4. What is a stereotype?
5. India is called a land of “unity in ______”.
6. Kerala is famous for which trade in the past?
7. Name two ways in which people in India are different.
8. Ladakh is famous for which animal’s wool?
9. Who wrote our national anthem?
10. Who wrote “Vande Mataram”?