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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
2. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
3. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
4. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
6. How many planets are there in the solar system?
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 Equator is at ______ latitude.
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
3. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
4. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
5. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
7. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
8. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
9. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
10. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
2. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
3. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
4. Name a capital of Magadha.
5. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
6. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
7. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
8. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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