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 planet is closest to the Sun?
3. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
4. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
5. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
8. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
9. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
10. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
2. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
3. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
4. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
5. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
6. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
7. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
8. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
9. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
2. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
3. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
4. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
5. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
6. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
7. About how old are the Harappan cities?
8. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
9. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
10. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
2. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
3. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
4. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
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 was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
9. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
10. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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