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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
2. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
3. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
4. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
6. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
7. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
8. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
9. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
10. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which gas makes up most of the air?
2. Which is the smallest continent?
3. How many continents are there?
4. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
5. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
6. Which ocean is named after a country?
7. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
8. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
9. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
10. Which is the largest continent?

Answer the questions.

1. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
2. Where was the Great Bath found?
3. About how old are the Harappan cities?
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. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
8. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
9. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
10. The Harappan cities grew along which river?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who is in charge of a police station?
2. What does universal adult franchise mean?
3. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
4. What is a democracy?
5. Who heads the administration of a district?
6. Who keeps the land records of a village?
7. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
8. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
9. Which body looks after a big city?
10. All adults of a village together form the ______.

Answer the questions.

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