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

Answer the questions.

1. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
4. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
5. Which is the largest planet?
6. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
7. Which star shows the north direction?
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. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
2. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
3. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
4. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
5. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
6. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
7. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
8. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
3. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
4. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
5. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
6. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
7. Name a capital of Magadha.
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
10. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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