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. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
3. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
4. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
5. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
6. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
7. Which is the largest planet?
8. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
9. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
10. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
2. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
3. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
4. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
5. About how old are the Harappan cities?
6. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
7. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
10. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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