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

Answer the questions.

1. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
2. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
3. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
4. Which is the largest planet?
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
8. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
9. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
10. How many planets are there in the solar system?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
2. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
3. Which body looks after a big city?
4. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
5. What is a democracy?
6. What does universal adult franchise mean?
7. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
8. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
9. Who keeps the land records of a village?
10. Who is in charge of a police station?

Answer the questions.

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