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

Answer the questions.

1. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
2. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
3. Which is the largest planet?
4. Which star shows the north direction?
5. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
6. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
7. How many planets are there in the solar system?
8. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
9. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
10. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
2. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
3. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?
4. How long does the Earth take to go once around the Sun?
5. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
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. How many days does a leap year have?
9. The Earth’s axis is tilted at ______ to its orbital plane.
10. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest continent?
2. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
3. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
4. How many continents are there?
5. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
6. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
7. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
8. Which is the smallest continent?
9. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
10. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?

Answer the questions.

1. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
2. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
3. About how old are the Harappan cities?
4. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
5. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
6. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
7. Where was the Great Bath found?
8. Which animal’s tame form helped early farmers plough fields?
9. Bhimbetka, famous for rock shelters and paintings, is in which state?
10. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
2. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
5. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
6. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
7. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
8. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
9. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
10. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Who heads the administration of a district?
2. What is a democracy?
3. Which body looks after a big city?
4. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
5. What does universal adult franchise mean?
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. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
10. Name a tax collected by a municipality.

Answer the questions.

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