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 Hands On General Knowledge is a series of 8 Books for Classes 1 to 8. The

Preface book aims not only to create awareness as a requirement of the subject like
General Knowledge but goes beyond the conventional dimensions. It doesn't just
pour knowledge for memorizing the content but generates the thirst to know more
about the things happening around. Keeping the fact in mind that today's children
are highly curious, we have focused on the unfolding of things around them
making them answer the why’s,when’s and how’s.
We have created a cross-curricular link at all levels so that no point is left
untouched or undiscussed.

At SAAR, we believe that every child is unique and learns differently. So we have
tried to provide a platform on which each and every student using this book could
facilitate a real life approach. Our author has taken great care about the fact that
all the information is taken from a reliable source so that this book could be
absorbed by different schools as a part of their curriculum for General Knowledge.

Every page of this book will be contributing to the child's comprehensive and

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Thinker: Giving a deeper meaning to the concept relating to divergent aspects of
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Explorer: It helps the children to search for extra information.
Creative Line: Making learning innovative and permanent with pictures and
colours.
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Each chapter will unfold and provide unbelievable, fabulous facts with pictorial
support. Pictorial representation would help the child to disclose effortless the
exercises related to concepts.
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Some of the signature features of Hands On General Knowledge are:

Connection: Gives a way to have a flying start to the topic by the teacher.
Question based on 5 W's & 1 H: Who/m? What? When? Where? & Why? and
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How?
Hint Box: Section providing hints to children to readily find answers to their
queries, making them self dependent.
Rare Information & Did you know: Short Stories from around the world to give
some out of the box knowledge and information.
Believe it or not: Amazing Facts, Fears, Things that will make them feel “oh ”.
Explain: To explain terms and things in detail which are new to the child.
Internet Links: For visual aided learning and real life experience, internet links
have been provided at the end.

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student. Now the learning would be more fun for children.
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Contents
1. Beautiful Planet 6-9
2. Medicinal Plants and Herbs 10-13
3. Water Animals 14-17
4. World of Insects 18-21
5. Your Garden 22-25

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7. Seasons 30-33
8. Colours 34-37
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9. Shapes 38-41
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10. Our Body 42-43

11. Me and Science 44-47
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12. Computers 48-49

13. Your Kitchen 50-53
14. Means of Communication 54-55
15. Languages of India 56-57
16. The Place is Known For 58-59
 17. Capital Cities 60-63
18. Seven Wonders of World 64-65
19. Famous People 66-69
20. Important Days 70-73
21. Sports 74-77

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23. World of Fantasy 82-83
24. Numbers in Our Life 84
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25. Rapid Fire 85

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BEAUTIFUL
PLANET
The planet on which we live is our beautiful blue
planet 'The Earth'. It is the only planet that has life. A
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Siachen Glacier
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A river is a natural flow of fresh water.

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Deserts are the hot and dry areas with very little or no rainfall.
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A water body surrounded by land is called a lake. Jog Falls

Oceans and seas are large areas of salt water on the earth.
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Seas are the salty water bodies near the land.

Waterfall is a flow of water from a height.

Land mass surrounded by water on all the sides is called an island.

A dense growth of trees covering a large area is called a forest.

Mountains are a natural elevation of earth’s surface rising to a high altitude.

Hills are a natural elevation of earth’s surface, smaller than mountains.

A valley is a low, narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains or hills.

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hint box.

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Fore st, Wate rfall , Islan d,

Glaciers, Desert, Grassland,
Valley, Sea, Mountain, Lake.

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3. Name the five oceans of the world.

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Pacific
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help of the hint box.
Everest, frozen,
a is the largest desert in the world. Ganga, Arabian Sea,
Sahara, Nile, Pacific,
Antarctica, Himalayas,
b Glaciers are rivers of ice. Bay of Bengal.

c River is the longest river in the world.

d Mount is the highest mountain in the world.

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a Biggest continent
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There are a variety of plants on the Earth.
Some are edible, while some have medicinal
importance. Plants give us a lot of things,
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without which life would not be possible.

They give us fresh air i.e. oxygen. We
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should not cut trees

and it is our
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responsibility to take
utmost care of
the trees. Let us
make our Earth
happy by
growing more
and more trees.

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1. Name the following plants with the help of the pictures and the hint box.

a tree is useful in various ways,

each part is useful in some way or the other.
b tree is used to make many
medicines.
c leaves are used as plates, it
helps in digestion.
d trees were used to cure fever

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e Sa uca is used to make medicines and
many other cosmetic items.
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f plant is used to cure cough.

Tulsi, Coconut,
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b Rubber

c Jute

d Vanilla

e Tea

f Cocoa
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Soyabean Bamboo

Jute Sunflower
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WATER
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Aquatic animals.
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Dolphin, Starfish,
Seahorse, Turtle, Crab,
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a The is the biggest animal in the sea.

b The is a flesh eating fish that even feeds on

human flesh.

c The sting can cause paralysis

or even death. piranha,
Penguins,
blue ringed
sometimes dive in water. octopus,
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a. Largest animal in the world.

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b. Longest fish.
Oarfish, Sea
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c. Slowest fish. whale

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WORLD OF
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cockroach, bee, moth, grasshopper,
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Cockroach, Grasshopper,
Ant, Mosquito, Honeybee,
Caterpillar.
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a ___________ is a creature, that is known as a farmer's friend.

b Most of the insects have ____________________.
c The bee makes a _________________ sound.
d A ____________ spreads diseases like malaria and dengue.

Explain anten nas, buzz ing,

own mosquito, Earthworm.
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a A spider
b A ladybird
c A dragon fly
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a Do honeybees make food eaten by human beings? ................ (Yes/No)

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b Do honeybees make a substance which is used to make

candles? ................ (Yes/No)

c Which substance is collected by the bee to make honey

from flowers? ..................

d Which bee lays eggs? .................... Nectar, Beehive,

Queen Bee
e Where do honeybees live? ....................

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