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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Great Bath found?
2. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
3. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
4. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
5. About how old are the Harappan cities?
6. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
7. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
10. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?

Answer the questions.

1. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
2. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
3. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
4. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
5. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
7. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
8. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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