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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. Which is the largest planet?
8. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
9. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
10. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
2. Which ocean is named after a country?
3. Which is the largest continent?
4. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
5. How many continents are there?
6. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
7. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
8. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
9. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
10. Which is the largest ocean?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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