CBSE Class 12 Maths: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs
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CBSE · Class 12 · 2026-27
CBSE Class 12 Mathematics: chapter-wise study guide
All 13 chapters of CBSE Class 12 Mathematics 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.
- 13 chapters
- 39 topic pages
- 12 past papers
Exam note: All 13 NCERT chapters are in the board exam, but sections dropped in the NCERT rationalisation (planes, tangents and normals, binomial distribution and others) are not asked.
Relations and Functions
Relations and Functions
- Reflexive, Symmetric and Transitive Relations
- Equivalence Relations and Equivalence Classes
- One-One and Onto Functions
Only types of relations and one-one/onto functions; composition and invertible functions are not in the syllabus.
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- Domain and Range of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- Principal Values of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
- Composite Inverse Trigonometric Expressions
Definition, domain, range, principal value branches and graphs; the NCERT properties section is dropped.
Algebra
Matrices
Elementary row operations and inverse by elementary operations are not in the syllabus.
Determinants
Up to 3 × 3 only; properties of determinants are not in the syllabus.
Calculus
Continuity and Differentiability
Mean Value Theorem is not in the syllabus.
Application of Derivatives
Tangents and normals, and approximations, are not in the syllabus.
Integrals
Definite integral as the limit of a sum is not in the syllabus.
Application of Integrals
- Area Under Lines and Modulus Graphs
- Area of Circle and Ellipse by Integration
- Area Involving a Parabola
Area under simple curves only (lines, circles, parabolas, ellipses in standard form); area between two curves is not asked.
Differential Equations
Forming a differential equation from a given general solution is not in the syllabus.
Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry
Vector Algebra
- Section Formula and Collinearity of Vectors
- Scalar (Dot) Product of Vectors
- Vector (Cross) Product of Vectors
Scalar triple product is not in the syllabus.
Three Dimensional Geometry
- Equation of a Line in Space
- Foot of Perpendicular and Image of a Point
- Shortest Distance Between Two Lines
Lines only: the plane and everything built on it is not in the syllabus.
Linear Programming
Linear Programming
Graphical method in two variables with up to three non-trivial constraints.
Probability
Probability
Random variables and the binomial distribution are not in the syllabus.
Syllabus source: CBSE Mathematics syllabus 2026-27, NCERT textbooks (Reprint 2026-27)