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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
2. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
3. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
4. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
5. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
6. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
7. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
8. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
9. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. A model of the Earth is called a ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
2. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
3. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
4. Name a capital of Magadha.
5. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
6. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
7. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
10. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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