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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
2. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
3. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
4. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
5. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
7. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
8. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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