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

Answer the questions.

1. How many planets are there in the solar system?
2. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
3. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
4. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
5. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
6. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
7. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
8. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
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 Equator is at ______ latitude.
2. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
3. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
4. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
5. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
6. Which heat zone gets the most heat?
7. The imaginary line joining the North and South Poles is the ______.
8. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
9. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
10. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
2. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
3. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
4. Name a capital of Magadha.
5. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
6. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
7. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
8. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
9. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
10. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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