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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
3. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
4. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
5. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
6. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
7. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
8. Which is the largest planet?
9. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
10. Which star shows the north direction?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
2. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
3. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
4. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
5. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
7. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
9. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
10. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest continent?
2. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
3. Which is the largest ocean?
4. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
5. Which is the smallest continent?
6. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
7. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
8. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
9. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
10. Which gas makes up most of the air?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which body looks after a big city?
2. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
3. Who heads the administration of a district?
4. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
5. What is a democracy?
6. Who keeps the land records of a village?
7. Who is in charge of a police station?
8. What does universal adult franchise mean?
9. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
10. All adults of a village together form the ______.

Answer the questions.

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