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

Answer the questions.

1. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
2. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
3. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
4. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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