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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Great Bath found?
2. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
3. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
4. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
5. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
6. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
7. About how old are the Harappan cities?
8. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
9. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
10. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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