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

Answer the questions.

1. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
2. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
3. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
4. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
5. How many planets are there in the solar system?
6. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
7. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
8. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
9. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
10. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.

Answer the questions.

1. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
2. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
3. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
4. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
5. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
6. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
7. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
9. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
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. How many days does a leap year have?
3. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
4. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
5. On which date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
6. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?
7. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
8. On which dates are day and night equal everywhere (equinoxes)?
9. The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called ______.
10. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
2. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
3. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
4. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
5. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
6. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
7. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
8. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
9. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
10. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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