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

Answer the questions.

1. About how many days does the Moon take to go once around the Earth?
2. Why is the Earth called a unique planet?
3. About how long does sunlight take to reach the Earth?
4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
5. Pieces of rock that burn up when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere are ______.
6. Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
7. Saptarishi is part of which constellation?
8. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
9. Earth is the ______ planet from the Sun.
10. Which is the largest planet?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. On which date is the winter solstice (shortest day in India)?
2. On which dates are day and night equal everywhere (equinoxes)?
3. How long does the Earth take to rotate once?
4. Revolution and the tilt of the axis cause ______.
5. Rotation of the Earth causes ______.
6. On which date is the summer solstice (longest day in India)?
7. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called ______.
8. The circle that divides day from night on the globe is the ______.
9. How many days does a leap year have?
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 is the highest mountain peak in the world?
3. Which is the largest ocean?
4. Which is the largest continent?
5. A narrow strip of land joining two large landmasses is an ______.
6. Which ocean is named after a country?
7. The narrow zone where land, water and air meet and life exists is the ______.
8. The solid part of the Earth is the ______.
9. Which is the smallest continent?
10. Which gas makes up most of the air?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

1. Large kingdoms of ancient India were called ______.
2. Name a capital of Magadha.
3. Who was the 24th tirthankara of the Jains?
4. Which mahajanapada became the most powerful?
5. India’s national emblem is taken from the Lion Capital at ______.
6. Which war made Ashoka give up war?
7. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
8. Where did the Buddha give his first sermon?
9. Where did the Buddha attain enlightenment?
10. Who was Chandragupta’s adviser and wrote the Arthashastra?

Answer the questions.

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

Answer the questions.

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