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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
2. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
3. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
4. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
5. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
6. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
7. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
8. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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