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

Answer the questions.

1. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
2. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
3. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
4. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
5. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
6. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
9. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
10. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?

Answer the questions.

1. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
2. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
3. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
4. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
6. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
7. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
8. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
9. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
10. Which heat zone gets the most heat?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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