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

Answer the questions.

1. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
2. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
3. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
4. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
6. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
7. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
8. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
9. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
10. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
2. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
3. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
4. Name a capital of Magadha.
5. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
6. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
7. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
8. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
9. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
10. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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