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

Answer the questions.

1. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
2. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
3. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
4. Which is the largest planet?
5. Which star shows the north direction?
6. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
7. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
8. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
9. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
10. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
2. What is a democracy?
3. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
4. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
5. All adults of a village together form the ______.
6. Who keeps the land records of a village?
7. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
8. Which body looks after a big city?
9. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
10. Who is in charge of a police station?

Answer the questions.

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