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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
2. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
3. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
4. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
5. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
6. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
7. Which is the largest planet?
8. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
9. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
10. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?

Answer the questions.

1. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
2. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
3. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
4. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
5. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
6. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
7. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
8. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
10. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
2. Which ocean is named after a country?
3. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
4. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
5. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
6. Which is the smallest continent?
7. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
8. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
9. Which is the largest continent?
10. How many continents are there?

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
2. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
3. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
4. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
5. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
6. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
7. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
8. About how old are the Harappan cities?
9. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
10. Where was the Great Bath found?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which body looks after a big city?
2. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
3. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
4. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
5. Who heads the administration of a district?
6. What is a democracy?
7. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
8. All adults of a village together form the ______.
9. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
10. Who is in charge of a police station?

Answer the questions.

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