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

Answer the questions.

1. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
2. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
3. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
4. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
5. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
8. How many planets are there in the solar system?
9. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
10. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
2. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
3. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
4. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
5. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
6. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
7. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
8. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
9. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
10. A model of the Earth is called a ______.

Answer the questions.

1. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
2. On which date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
3. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
4. On which dates are day and night equal everywhere (equinoxes)?
5. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
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. The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called ______.
9. How long does the Earth take to go once around the Sun?
10. How many days does a leap year have?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
2. Name a capital of Magadha.
3. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
4. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
5. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
6. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
7. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
8. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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