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

Answer the questions.

1. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
2. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
6. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
7. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
8. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
9. Which is the largest planet?
10. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
2. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
3. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
4. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
5. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
6. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
7. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
8. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
2. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
3. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
4. About how old are the Harappan cities?
5. Where was the Great Bath found?
6. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
7. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
8. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
9. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
10. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?

Answer the questions.

1. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
2. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
5. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
6. Name a capital of Magadha.
7. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
8. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
9. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
10. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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