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

Answer the questions.

1. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
2. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
3. How many planets are there in the solar system?
4. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
5. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
6. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
7. Which star shows the north direction?
8. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
9. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
10. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.

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. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
7. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
8. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
9. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
10. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
2. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
3. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
4. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
5. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
7. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
8. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
9. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
10. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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