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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
2. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
3. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
4. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
5. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
6. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
7. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
3. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
4. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
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. Name a capital of Magadha.
9. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
10. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer the questions.

1. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
2. Who is in charge of a police station?
3. Which body looks after a big city?
4. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
5. Who heads the administration of a district?
6. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
7. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
8. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
9. What is a democracy?
10. All adults of a village together form the ______.

Answer the questions.

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