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CBSE Class 12 History: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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CBSE · Class 12 · 2026-27

CBSE Class 12 History: chapter-wise study guide

All 12 chapters of CBSE Class 12 History for the 2026-27 session. Each chapter page explains the ideas, gives tricks to remember them, shows where students lose marks, and links to practice.

  • 12 chapters
  • 36 topic pages
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: 12 themes from Themes in Indian History Parts I-III, 25 marks per book plus a 5-mark map question. Kings and Chronicles, Colonial Cities and Understanding Partition were dropped in 2022 and are not in the syllabus.

Themes in Indian History Part I

  1. Bricks, Beads and Bones: The Harappan Civilisation

  2. Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies (c. 600 BCE-600 CE)

  3. Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies (c. 600 BCE-600 CE)

  4. Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings: Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE-600 CE)

Themes in Indian History Part II

  1. Through the Eyes of Travellers: Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century)

  2. Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century)

  3. An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century)

  4. Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)

Themes in Indian History Part III

  1. Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives

  2. Rebels and the Raj: The Revolt of 1857 and Its Representations

  3. Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond

  4. Framing the Constitution: The Beginning of a New Era

Syllabus source: CBSE History syllabus 2026-27, NCERT textbooks (Reprint 2026-27)