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

Answer the questions.

1. Which star shows the north direction?
2. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
3. Which is the largest planet?
4. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
5. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
6. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
7. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
8. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
9. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
10. How many planets are there in the solar system?

Answer the questions.

1. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
3. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
4. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
5. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
6. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
7. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
8. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
9. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
10. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
2. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
3. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
4. Where was the Great Bath found?
5. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
6. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
7. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
8. About how old are the Harappan cities?
9. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
10. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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