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

Answer the questions.

1. Celestial bodies that shine with their own light are called ______.
2. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
3. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
4. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
5. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
6. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
7. Groups of stars that form patterns are called ______.
8. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter are ______.
9. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
10. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. About what part of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
2. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
3. The layer of air around the Earth is the ______.
4. Which gas makes up most of the air?
5. Which is the highest mountain peak in the world?
6. Which is the smallest continent?
7. Which is the largest continent?
8. The water on the Earth makes up the ______.
9. How many continents are there?
10. Which ocean is named after a country?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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