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

Answer the questions.

1. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
2. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
3. Which is the largest planet?
4. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
5. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
6. How many planets are there in the solar system?
7. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
8. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
9. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
10. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Who heads a Municipal Corporation?
2. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
3. What is a democracy?
4. What does universal adult franchise mean?
5. All adults of a village together form the ______.
6. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
7. Which body looks after a big city?
8. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
9. Who is in charge of a police station?
10. Who keeps the land records of a village?

Answer the questions.

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