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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
2. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
3. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
4. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
5. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
7. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
8. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
9. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
10. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
2. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
3. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
4. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
5. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
6. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
7. Name a capital of Magadha.
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
10. Which war made Ashoka give up war?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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