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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
2. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
3. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
4. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
5. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
6. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
7. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
9. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
10. The Equator is at ______ latitude.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
2. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
3. Where was the Great Bath found?
4. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
5. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
6. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
7. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
8. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
9. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
10. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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