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

Answer the questions.

1. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
2. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
3. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
4. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
5. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
9. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
10. Which star shows the north direction?

Answer the questions.

1. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
2. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
3. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
4. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
5. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
6. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
7. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
9. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
2. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
3. About how old are the Harappan cities?
4. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
5. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
6. Where was the Great Bath found?
7. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
8. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
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. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
3. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
4. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
5. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
7. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
8. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
9. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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