General Knowledge - 1

Description:

General Knowledge: Fun Facts and Brain-Teasers is a series for classes 1-8 designed to boost children’s natural curiosity about the world. Authentic and informative, the books help learners acquire knowledge in an enjoyable manner. The syllabus covers a wide variety of topics. The lessons are learner friendly and contain varied exercises, which makes general knowledge an engaging subject. Carefully curated and current information is complemented with visually appealing design making this a contemporary and essential series.

Features:

• Learner-friendly and engaging lessons
• Attractive and colourful design
• Topics from every branch of knowledge
• Contemporary and relevant information
• A variety of exercises
• Brain-teasers for non-verbal reasoning and numerical ability practice
• Clues to provide students with adequate hints to guess the answers
• Do You Know for interesting trivia to make general knowledge fun
• Revision Exercises and Tests for regular practice and evaluation

About the Editors:

Chinmoy Kumar Ghosh (Ph.D.) is currently a consultant with the Centre for Educational Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He retired from the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, after a service of more than 27 years. He has co-authored four books on physics and has more than 100 publications in books and journals of national and international repute on subject areas such as physics, education, value education and open and distance learning. He has also been delivering illustrated talks on diverse topics. He has been a member of the Board of Management, Academic Council, and other statutory bodies of IGNOU and several State Open Universities.

Moumita Das (Ph.D.) is Assistant Director at the National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. She has authored five books and several papers in journals of national and international repute in the areas of medicinal plants, intellectual property rights, sustainable development, creativity and innovation in open and distance learning.