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

Answer the questions.

1. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
4. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
5. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
6. Which star shows the north direction?
7. Which is the largest planet?
8. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
9. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
10. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest continent?
2. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
3. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
4. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
5. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
6. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
7. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
8. Which gas makes up most of the air?
9. Which is the smallest continent?
10. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
2. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
5. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
6. Name a capital of Magadha.
7. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
8. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Ladakh is famous for which animal’s wool?
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. India is called a land of “unity in ______”.
6. Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
7. What is prejudice?
8. Name a festival that is celebrated across India.
9. Kerala is famous for which trade in the past?
10. Who wrote our national anthem?