Which of the following is an objective of Environmental Studies (EVS) for…

CONCEPT: NCERT's curriculum framework for primary-stage Environmental Studies (EVS) sets out process-based objectives: children are expected to develop scientific-inquiry skills, including observing their surroundings, exploring, discovering relationships, and reporting or communicating what they find, rather than simply receiving content.

APPLICATION: Among the given options, only 'Observation and reporting' matches this framework directly. NCERT's Learning Indicators in EVS name observation and reporting as core skill objectives for primary learners, who are expected to notice features of their environment and record or communicate their findings.

CONTRAST (each option by value):

• Learning foreign languages is a language-subject skill-building goal (vocabulary, grammar, conversation), not an EVS curricular aim.

• Cooking traditional food is a culinary/home-science practice that may appear as lesson content or context but is not itself a listed EVS objective.

• Playing video games is a recreational, screen-based leisure activity unconnected to any academic curriculum objective.

RESULT: Because NCERT's own EVS framework explicitly lists observation and reporting as a core skill objective, and none of the other options belong to that framework, 'Observation and reporting' is the objective of EVS for children.