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

Answer the questions.

1. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
2. Which is the largest planet?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
8. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Great Bath found?
2. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
3. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
4. About how old are the Harappan cities?
5. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
6. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
7. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
10. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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