NCERT Books for Class 4 — All Subjects, Free PDFs

At a glance

Quick answer. NCERT publishes 4 official textbooks for Class IV (Class 4) in the 2025-26 academic year: Marigold IV (English), Rimjhim IV (Hindi), Math Magic IV (Mathematics), and Looking Around IV (EVS). Class 4 books remain on the 2022-rationalised editions — NCF-SE 2024-25 has not yet rolled out for Class 4 as of 2025-26. Standard admission age is 9 years. No formal external exam; school-internal assessment only.

Class 4 NCERT continues the Class 3 four-subject structure across Hindi, English, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. The current Class 4 books are Rimjhim IV (Hindi), Marigold IV (English), Math Magic IV (Mathematics), and Looking Around IV (EVS) — these retain the older nomenclature because the NCF-SE 2023 phased rollout has not yet reached Class 4. Most CBSE schools follow the NCERT Class 4 books verbatim for textbook content.

The Mathematics syllabus at Class 4 covers four-digit arithmetic, multiplication and division of two/three-digit numbers, simple fractions and decimals, basic geometry (perimeter, symmetry), and time and money problems. EVS becomes more substantive at Class 4 — chapters cover food chains, transport, communication, families across India, and basic ecology. Language books shift to longer narrative passages with comprehension and grammar exercises.

There is no Class 4 board exam; schools assess internally. Class 4 is increasingly used as a benchmark year for Olympiad participation (IMO, Science Olympiad) — the NCERT syllabus is the canonical reference for these external exams. All four official PDFs are linked below, opening directly on ncert.nic.in.

Class 4 — solid primary stage

Class 4 NCERT continues the Class 3 four-subject structure (Hindi, English, Mathematics, EVS) with each book stepping up in conceptual depth without adding new subjects. NCERT publishes Marigold IV (English), Rimjhim IV (Hindi), Math Magic IV (Mathematics), and Looking Around IV (EVS) for the 2025-26 academic year. Unlike Class 1-3 (which received NCF-SE 2023-aligned new editions in 2024-25), Class 4 books in 2025-26 are still the 2022-rationalised editions — the NCF-SE 2024-25 rollout has not yet reached Class 4.

Class 4 has no formal external examination. Most CBSE schools run formative assessments (FA1, FA2, term-end test) for parental reporting, but these are school-level and not board-mandated. The first formal CBSE board exam is at Class 10 — a long horizon at Class 4.

Class 4 to Class 5 is a smooth transition — same four-subject structure continues, with each book adding moderate depth. The bigger jump comes at Class 6, when subject count expands to six. Treat Class 4-5 as the consolidation window before that step-up.

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As a study reference. Bookmark it on your phone, share the URL with your child or study group, and refer back during the academic year. The page structure is intentionally stable — same hierarchy, same sources, same labels — so revisiting it weeks later doesn't require re-orienting yourself.

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Beyond NCERT — other free Government of India learning resources

NCERT is the canonical syllabus, but it isn't the only free educational resource the Indian government publishes. Each of the platforms below complements NCERT for a specific use case.

ePathshala (epathshala.nic.in) is the Ministry of Education's digital reader for NCERT books. It hosts the same PDFs as ncert.nic.in but with an enhanced flipbook interface that's easier to read on phones. Use it when you want a screen-friendly reading experience rather than a download. Note: ePathshala does not host any content not also available on ncert.nic.in — both are sourced from the same NCERT-published files.

DIKSHA (diksha.gov.in) is the Ministry of Education's video-and-interactive content platform. It curates chapter-aligned videos (some from NCERT's own YouTube channel, some third-party), interactive quizzes, and 'energised textbook' augmentations — QR codes inside printed NCERT books that link to DIKSHA media. Use DIKSHA when you want video reinforcement of a chapter you've already read; it's not a substitute for the textbook.

Swayam (swayam.gov.in) hosts MOOCs (massive open online courses) from IITs, IIMs, IISc, and other Indian institutions of national importance. Most courses target undergraduates, but some target Class 11-12 with dedicated CBSE-aligned content. Genuinely useful for self-driven Class 11-12 students; the certificates are NPTEL/UGC-recognised.

Swayam Prabha (swayamprabha.gov.in) is a 32-channel DTH education broadcast that runs 24×7. Schedules align with the academic year. Useful for students in low-connectivity areas where streaming video is unreliable.

NCERT Official YouTube (youtube.com/@NCERTOFFICIAL) hosts chapter-aligned video lessons authored by NCERT-empanelled teachers. Free, embeddable, and authoritative — these are the videos we curate on our chapter pages where available.

Editorial policy and how this page is maintained

Every NCERT-related page on GetSchoolsInfo is built from the same editorial policy, summarised here for transparency:

Source-of-truth. All chapter PDFs and rationalisation booklets are hot-linked directly to ncert.nic.in — the official Government of India publisher of NCERT content. We do not host PDFs on our own CDN, we do not redirect through ads, and we do not wrap NCERT links behind a registration wall. If NCERT issues a corrected or updated PDF, the link auto-refreshes from NCERT's CDN — you always get the latest version.

No commercial upsell. We do not sell or promote commercial guidebooks (RD Sharma, Lakhmir Singh, Together with..., Educart, Oswaal, Arihant). For CBSE board preparation, NCERT textbooks plus NCERT Exemplar Problems are sufficient; commercial books are supplementary at best. For JEE / NEET / CUET preparation, coaching modules add problem volume but are not a replacement for NCERT mastery.

Update cadence. Class-level and subject-level pages are reviewed annually before the academic year start (March-April). Chapter-level PDF link health is checked monthly via automated cron. The dateModified field at the bottom of every page reflects the most recent content edit; the inside cover of each NCERT PDF carries the print-edition year.

Verification. Every factual claim on this page can be cross-checked against the official NCERT rationalisation booklet (BookletClass{N}.pdf on ncert.nic.in), the latest CBSE Sample Paper PDF (cbseacademic.nic.in), or the relevant NTA bulletin (NEET/JEE/CUET 2026 syllabus documents). Disagreements between NCERT and NTA are explicitly flagged via our deleted-syllabus reconciliation pages — we do not paper over the gap.

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