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

Answer the questions.

1. Which is the largest planet?
2. How many planets are there in the solar system?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
5. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
6. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
7. Which star shows the north direction?
8. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
9. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
10. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
2. Which continent is covered with thick ice?
3. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
4. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
5. Which ocean is named after a country?
6. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
7. Which gas makes up most of the air?
8. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
9. Which is the smallest continent?
10. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
2. Name a capital of Magadha.
3. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
4. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
5. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
6. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
7. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
8. The Vajji sangha was a ______, not ruled by one king.
9. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
10. Which war made Ashoka give up war?

Answer the questions.

1. Name a tax collected by a municipality.
2. What is the minimum age to vote in India?
3. All adults of a village together form the ______.
4. Who is in charge of a police station?
5. The head of a Gram Panchayat is the ______.
6. Name the three levels of the Panchayati Raj system.
7. A city is divided into areas called ______, each electing a councillor.
8. Who keeps the land records of a village?
9. What does universal adult franchise mean?
10. Who heads the administration of a district?

Answer the questions.

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