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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
2. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
3. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
4. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
5. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
6. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
7. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
8. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
9. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
10. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest ocean?
2. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
3. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
4. How many continents are there?
5. Which ocean is named after a country?
6. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
7. Which is the smallest continent?
8. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
9. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
10. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
2. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
3. Name a capital of Magadha.
4. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
5. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
6. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
7. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
8. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
9. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
10. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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