Class 4 EVS (Our Wondrous World) Chapter 1, Living Together, opens Unit 1 (Our Community) with Chandan’s tour of his village — exploring shared public spaces, community helpers, and how villagers unite under the banyan tree to repair their park and celebrate Van Mahotsav.
What Class 4 EVS Chapter 1 Covers
Shared Public Places & Community Cooperation tours schools, playgrounds, parks, markets, and roads that everyone uses, showing how neighbours like Sameer (fixing benches), Babita (repairing streetlights), and Noor (bringing nursery saplings) contribute their skills.
Celebrating Van Mahotsav & Caring for Shared Resources organises a tree-planting festival in the neighbourhood park so elders and children enjoy fresh air and shade, highlighting mutual respect and civic responsibility.
Exercises in Chapter 1
- Let us Reflect, Think and Answer, and in-text observation questions.
- Hands-on classroom experiments, nature trail logs, and community interviews.
Read Class 4 EVS Chapter 1 Online
More Chapters
- Next: Chapter 2: Exploring Our Neighbourhood
- Hindi medium: Class 4 EVS Chapter 1 PDF in Hindi (Hamara Adbhut Sansar)
- All EVS chapters and the other Class 4 books: Class 4 NCERT books 2026-27
- All Class 1 to 12 NCERT Textbooks: NCERT Books PDF (Class 1–12)
FAQ
What is Van Mahotsav and how did Chandan’s village celebrate it?
Van Mahotsav is a festival of planting trees; Chandan, his friends, and villagers cleaned their local park, repaired benches and streetlights, and planted saplings along the park boundary.
Why is it important to take care of public places like parks, playgrounds, and schools?
Public places belong to everyone in the community and provide spaces for learning, playing, exercising, and gathering; keeping them clean and safe benefits all residents.