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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
2. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
3. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
4. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
5. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
6. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
7. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
8. How far ahead of Greenwich Mean Time is IST?
9. The Equator is at ______ latitude.
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Name a capital of Magadha.
2. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
3. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
4. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
5. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
6. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
7. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
8. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
9. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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