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ISC Class 12 History: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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ISC · Class 12 · 2026-27

ISC Class 12 History: chapter-wise study guide

All 11 chapters of ISC 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.

  • 11 chapters
  • 25 topic pages
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: ISC History (851) has two papers: Paper I Theory (3 hours, 80 marks) set by CISCE on the Class XII syllabus below, and Paper II Project Work (20 marks: 10 by the teacher, 10 by a Visiting Examiner). Class XI is examined by the school.

Indian History

  1. Towards Independence and Partition: The Last Phase (1939–1947)

  2. Establishment of Indian Democracy (1947–1966)

  3. Development of Indian Democracy (1964–1977)

  4. Changing Face of the Indian Democracy (1977–1986)

  5. India's Foreign Policy

  6. Movements for Women's Rights

World History

  1. World War II

  2. De-colonisation – in Asia (China) and Africa (Ghana & Kenya)

  3. Cold War (1945–91) – Origin, End and Impact

  4. Protest Movements

  5. Middle East: Israeli-Palestine Conflict (1916–1993)

Syllabus source: CISCE ISC 2027 History (851) syllabus, CISCE ISC 2025 History specimen question paper and answer key