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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. A model of the Earth is called a ______.
2. The Earth turns 15° of longitude in how much time?
3. The heat zone between the two tropics is the ______ zone.
4. Latitude of the Arctic Circle?
5. Lines drawn from pole to pole are called ______.
6. Latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
7. Lines drawn parallel to the Equator are called ______.
8. The Prime Meridian (0°) passes through ______.
9. Indian Standard Time is based on which meridian?
10. Latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Have we been able to read the Harappan script?
2. Mehrgarh is known as one of the earliest places where people began ______.
3. Where was the Great Bath found?
4. Which is the oldest of the Vedas?
5. The raised western part of a Harappan city is called the ______.
6. Which Harappan city had a dockyard?
7. The Harappan cities grew along which river?
8. Why did early humans keep moving from place to place?
9. Early stone tools were made from stone, wood and ______.
10. Early humans got their food by ______ and ______.

Answer the questions.

1. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
2. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
3. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?
4. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
5. Ashoka spread the message of ______ through his inscriptions.
6. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
7. Megasthenes came to the court of which ruler?
8. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
9. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
10. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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