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

Answer the questions.

1. Which star shows the north direction?
2. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
3. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
5. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
6. Which is the largest planet?
7. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
8. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
9. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
10. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who is in charge of a police station?
2. Who keeps the land records of a village?
3. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
4. All adults of a village together form the ______.
5. Who heads the administration of a district?
6. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
7. What does universal adult franchise mean?
8. What is a democracy?
9. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
10. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.

Answer the questions.

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