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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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