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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
2. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
3. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
4. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
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 give his first sermon?
9. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
10. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?

Answer the questions.

1. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
2. Who heads the administration of a district?
3. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
4. What is a democracy?
5. Who keeps the land records of a village?
6. All adults of a village together form the ______.
7. What does universal adult franchise mean?
8. Who is in charge of a police station?
9. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
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. Who wrote our national anthem?
4. Who wrote “Vande Mataram”?
5. What is a stereotype?
6. Name two ways in which people in India are different.
7. Who was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution?
8. Name a festival that is celebrated across India.
9. Kerala is famous for which trade in the past?
10. Treating a person unfairly because of who they are is called ______.