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

Answer the questions.

1. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
2. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
3. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
5. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
8. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
9. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
10. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
2. Which is the largest continent?
3. Which ocean is named after a country?
4. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
5. Which gas makes up most of the air?
6. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
7. Which is the smallest continent?
8. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
9. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
10. Which is the largest ocean?

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. About how old are the Harappan cities?
4. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
5. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
6. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
7. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
8. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
9. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
10. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
2. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
3. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
4. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
5. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
7. Name a capital of Magadha.
8. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
9. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

1. What does universal adult franchise mean?
2. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
3. All adults of a village together form the ______.
4. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
5. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
6. Who keeps the land records of a village?
7. Who heads the administration of a district?
8. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
9. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
10. What is a democracy?

Answer the questions.

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