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

Answer the questions.

1. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
2. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
3. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
4. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
5. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
8. How many planets are there in the solar system?
9. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
10. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?

Answer the questions.

1. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
2. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
3. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
4. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
5. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
6. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
7. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
8. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
9. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
10. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Where was the Great Bath found?
2. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
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. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
7. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.
8. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
9. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
10. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. All adults of a village together form the ______.
2. Who heads the administration of a district?
3. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
4. What does universal adult franchise mean?
5. What is a democracy?
6. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
7. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
8. Which body looks after a big city?
9. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
10. Who keeps the land records of a village?

Answer the questions.

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