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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest continent?
2. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
3. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
4. Which is the largest ocean?
5. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
6. Which gas makes up most of the air?
7. How many continents are there?
8. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
9. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
10. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
3. Name a capital of Magadha.
4. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
5. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
6. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
7. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
8. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
9. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
10. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?

Answer the questions.

1. All adults of a village together form the ______.
2. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
3. What is a democracy?
4. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
5. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
6. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
7. What does universal adult franchise mean?
8. Who heads the administration of a district?
9. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
10. Which body looks after a big city?

Answer the questions.

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