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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
2. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
3. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
4. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
5. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
6. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
7. About how old are the Harappan cities?
8. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
9. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
10. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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