Vikas Book 1: Colors, Shapes, Sizes

• Vikas General Knowledge Book 1 aims to enhance children's knowledge and vocabulary using lucid notes, exercises, and colorful pictures.

Colours

• A ripe tomato is red.
• The sky is blue.
• A lemon is yellow.
• A dry coconut is brown.
• A leaf is green.
• A crow is black.
• A rainbow has seven colors: Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Red, forming VIBGYOR.
• Coal is black.
• Gold is yellow.
• Milk is white.
• The lotus is pink.
• A peacock is colourful.
• The red traffic light means 'Stop'.
• The amber traffic light means 'Slow down'.
• The green traffic light means 'Go'.

Shapes and Sizes

• Shapes covered include circle, triangle, and square.
• Objects can be big or small, and thick or thin.
• Examples of big items: Tiger, Bungalow, Eagle, Blackboard, Sugar cane
• Examples of small items: Cat, Hut, Sparrow, Slate, Matchstick

Name the Following

• Exercises involve naming objects like clock, book, ball, chair, crow, cat, mango, rat, flower, doll, horse, car, moon, dog, aeroplane.
• Identifying school items such as blackboard, T.V, bicycle, chalk sticks, table lamp, telephone, bat, table, bench, notebook, and bucket is included.
• Identifying objects to play with is featured from a list containing flowerpot, boat, scooter, stumps, pencil, butterfly, marbles, ball, tricycke, hat, carrom, balloon.

Living and Nonliving

• Plants and animals are living things, they grow, move, and need food and water.
• Examples of living things: potted plant, frog, dog, boy, girl.
• Examples of nonliving things: stone, building, telephone, book, jug, chair, scissors, pen.
• Nonliving things do not grow, move on their own, or need food and water.
• Birds fly, frogs hop, and boys run, demonstrating movement in living things.

Main Parts of Our Body

• Common parts of the body are head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, chest, belly, shoulder, hand, elbow, fingers, thumb, knee, leg, foot, toes.

Tick the Right Word

• The exercise involves choosing the correct word to match a picture.

Places Around Us

• Familiar places include garden, school, market, temple, post office, hospital, theatre, railway station, zoo, paddy field, and factory.

Our School

• A school is a place to learn to read and write, with classrooms, a library for reading, and a hall for gatherings.
• Schools have playgrounds and gardens.

A Park

• Things seen in a park can include children, train, bicycle, monkeys, deer, slide, flowers, fountain, hawker, seesaw, lion, scooter, horse, rabbits, trees, and swings.

Flowers

• Flowers come in different colours, shapes, and sizes and smell sweet
• Examples of flowers include rose, sunflower, marigold, lotus, shoeflower, lily, jasmine, and periwinkle.

Fruits

• Fruits are good to eat and make us healthy.
• Examples are banana, apple, guava, mango, chickoo, grapes, pineapple, watermelon, papaya, orange, fig, and pomegranate.
• Ripe fruits generally taste sweet.

Vegetables

• Eating vegetables make the body healthy and strong
• Examples are cabbage, lady's fingers, brinjal, tomato, radish, carrot, potato, onion, cauliflower, green peas, bottle gourd, pumpkin, spinach, and cucumber.

Domestic Animals

• Domestic animals are useful to humans.
• Examples include cow, bullock, horse, buffalo, sheep, and goat.
• Cows and buffaloes give milk, sheep give wool, hens give eggs, donkeys carry loads, and dogs guard houses.
• The camel is used to carry goods and people across the desert, acting as the "ship of the desert".

Our Pets

• Pets are animals kept as companions.
• The dog is a faithful and useful pet that guards the house.
• The cat keeps the house free from rats and likes milk.
• The parrot is a favorite pet with green feathers, a red beak, and often kept in a cage.
• The canary is a small songbird, sometimes kept as a pet.
• Rabbits eat cabbages, carrots, and radishes and are timid by nature.

Birds

• Birds have wings and can fly, have beaks but no teeth, lay eggs, and build nests.
• A sparrow is a small bird found everywhere which builds nests in houses and eats grains and insects.
• A crow is black and builds its nest in trees.
• A hen is a domestic bird that lays eggs, which people eat.
• A tailorbird is a small songbird that builds its nest by sewing leaves together.
• A pigeon is a familiar bird which is normally very quiet.
• A kite has sharp eyes, can fly high, and eats other animals.
• A male cuckoo is black and sings in summer.
• Ducks tend to be found near ponds and quack.
• An Owl flies at night and hoots.
• A woodpecker has a strong beak that pecks at tree trunks.
• A peacock is a beautiful bird and has a long attractive dance.
• A swan is a graceful waterbird normally found it at Himalayas.

Wild Animals

• Animals like the lion, tiger, bear, monkey, elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, zebra, deer, wolf, and fox are termed wild animals since they live in Jungle.
• The lion is the king of the jungle, with a mane around its neck.
• The tiger is India's national animal, having a striped orange body.
• The bear is a large animal with thick hair.
• Elephants are strong and have tusks that are used to pull items.
• Monkeys climb well, eat fruit, and known for mimicking acts.
• Rhinoceroses are heavy animals that have a very thick skin.
• Zebras have black and white stripe patterns on the body.
• Fox and wolves live in packs to protect their territory and hunt food.

Water Animals

• Water animals live in water.
• Fish come in different colors and sizes and colours.
• A whale is the largest water animal.
• Examples include whale, dolphin, eel, shark, turtle, crab, prawn, pomfret, sea horse, and octopus.

Our Helpers

• The text describes occupations of people who have the expertise to offer help to one another.
• The doctor takes care of our health.
• A grocer sells food grains.
• The tailor stitches our clothes.
• The milkman brings milk to us.
• The postman brings us our letters.
• Farmers bring food to us.
• A carpenter makes furniture.
• Cobblers prepare and mend our shoes.
• Goldsmith makes gold ornaments.
• Barbers cut peoples hairs.
• Masons built houses.
• Traffic police regulates the traffic and ensures safety.

Vehicles

• It mentions vehicles that carry us and goods from one place to another.
• Vehicles given as examples are aeroplane, car, autorickshaw, scooter, train, bicycle, steamer, tonga, bus, and bullock cart.

Days of the Week, Months of the Year

• Seven days make a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
• Twelve months make a year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
• January, March, May, July, August, October, and December have 31 days each.
• April, June, September, and November have 30 days each.
• February has 28 or 29 days.
• A year has 365 days.

Seasons

• There are three seasons in India: Summer, Rainy season, and Winter.
• In summer, it is very hot, and people wear loose cotton clothing and consume cold drinks.
• In the rainy season, dark clouds, lightning, and thunder occur. People use raincoats and umbrellas.
• In winter, it is cold, and people wear thick woollen clothes, enjoy hot drinks, and sit around a fire.