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ICSE Class 8 History & Civics: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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ICSE · Class 8 · 2026-27

ICSE Class 8 History and Civics: chapter-wise study guide

All 16 chapters of ICSE Class 8 History and Civics 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.

  • 16 chapters
  • 17 topic pages
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: ICSE Class 8 follows the CISCE Curriculum for Upper Primary Classes (VI-VIII) (RDCD, first edition November 2016). It is a curriculum framework, not a board exam syllabus: CISCE prescribes no Class VIII textbooks or question paper, and schools set their own examinations.

History

  1. A Period of Transition

  2. The Industrial Revolution

  3. Imperialism

  4. The French Revolution

  5. The American War of Independence and Civil War

  6. India in the 18th Century

  7. Traders to Rulers

  8. British Policies and their Impact

  9. The Great Uprising of 1857

  10. Socio-Religious Reforms

  11. Rise of Indian Nationalism

  12. The Gandhian Era and Independence

Civics

  1. The Union Legislature

  2. The Union Executive

  3. The Judiciary

  4. The United Nations

Syllabus source: CISCE Curriculum for Upper Primary Classes (VI-VIII), History and Civics (Class VIII), CISCE RDCD: Curriculum Pre-School to Class VIII