CBSE 12th Arts Syllabus 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released the CBSE 12th Arts syllabus 2025 on March 22, 2024 on the official website. Students can access the CBSE class 12 Arts syllabus 2025 at cbseacademic.nic.in and on this page as well. We have provided a detailed Class 12 Arts syllabus 2025 CBSE Board on this page below. Students must go through the entire CBSE Arts Syllabus 2025 and strategise their study schedule accordingly. Students must also go through the CBSE 12th Exam Pattern 2025 to know the marking scheme and the type of questions asked, among other things.
After going through the entire syllabus and CBSE Exam Pattern, students must ensure that they solve as many CBSE 12th sample papers/previous years' question papers to self-analyze the preparation. Students can also go through the CBSE preparation tips for Class 12 to know how to approach the board examinations.
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Students must go through the entire CBSE Syllabus for Arts subjects and strategize their study schedule accordingly. The links to download the complete syllabus are provided below. Students must also go through the CBSE 12th Arts Exam Pattern 2025 to know the marking scheme and the type of questions asked, among other things.
After going through the entire syllabus and CBSE Exam Pattern, students must ensure that they solve as many sample papers/previous years' question papers as to self-analyse the preparation. Students can also go through the CBSE Arts preparation tips for Class 12 to know how to approach the board examinations.
CBSE has provided the CBSE class 12th Arts syllabus for subjects like Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, History, Geography etc on its official website. Students can download it by clicking on the links provided below and start learning and practicing it to score better.
CBSE 12th Syllabus 2025 for Political Science
Students can check the CBSE Class 12 Political Science Syllabus 2025 below:
Unit | Chapter/Topics |
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PART A-CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS | |
Ch 1: The End of Bipolarity | a) The Soviet System b) Gorbachev and the disintegration c) Causes and Consequences of disintegration of Soviet Union d) Shock Therapy and its Consequences e) New entities in world politics
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Ch 2: Contemporary Centres of Power | a) European Union b) Association of Southeast Asian Nations c) Rise of China as an economic power d) Japan and Sout |
Ch 3: Contemporary South Asia | a) Military and Democracy in Pakistan and Bangladesh |
Ch 4: International Organizations | a) Meaning and importance of International Organisations h) Key Agencies: IMF, World Bank, WTO, ILO, IAEA. |
Ch 5: Security in the Contemporary World | a) Meaning and Type of Security. b) Traditional concept of security c) Non-tradition notions of Security. d) New Sources of Threats e) Cooperative Security f) India’s Security strategy |
Ch 6: Environment and Natural Resources | a) Environmental Concerns b) Global Commons f) Resource Geopolitics |
Ch 7: Globalisation | a) Concept of globalisation b) Causes and Consequences of globalisation c) India and globalization d) Resistance to globalization e) India and resistance to globalisation |
PART B-POLITICS IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE | |
Ch 1: Challenges of Nation-Building | a) Challenges for the new Nation.
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Ch 2: Era of One-Party Dominance | a) Challenge of building democracy. b) Congress dominance in the first three general elect ions.
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Ch 3: Politics of Planned Development | a) Political contestation.
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Ch 4: India’s External Relations | a) International Context b) The Policy of NonAlignment.
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Ch 5: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System | a) Challenge of Political Succession
b) Fourth General Election
c) Split in the Congress
d) The 1971 Election and Restoration of Congress
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Ch 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order | a) Background to Emergency. |
Ch 7: Regional Aspirations | a) Region and the Nation 2022 and Beyond |
Ch 8: Recent Developments in Indian Politics | a) Context of 1990s b) Era of Coalition |
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CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025 for Sociology
Students can check the CBSE 12th Sociology Syllabus 2025 below:
Unit | Chapter/Topics |
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A. Indian Society |
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Unit 1: Introducing Indian Society | Colonialism, Nationalism, Class and Community (Nonevaluative) |
Unit 2: The Demographic Structure of the Indian Society | Theories and concepts in demography Rural-Urban Linkages and Divisions Population Policy in India |
Unit 3: Social Institutions: Continuity and Change | Caste and the Caste System Tribal Communities Family and Kinship |
Unit 5: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion | Social Inequality and Social Exclusion Systems justifying and perpetuating Inequality - Caste, Tribe, the Other Backward Classes Adivasi Struggles The Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights The struggles of the Differently Abled |
Unit 6: The Challenges of Cultural Diversity | Cultural communities and the nation state Regionalism in the Indian context The Nation state and religion related issues and identities Communalism, secularism and the nation state State and Civil Society |
B. SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA | |
Unit 8: Structural Change | Understanding Colonialism, Industrialization, Urbanization |
Unit 9: Cultural Change | Social Reform Movements Different Kinds of Social Change: Sanskritisation, Westernization, Modernization, Secularization |
Unit 11: Change and Development in Rural Society | Agrarian Structure : Caste & class in Rural India Land Reforms, Green Revolution and Emerging Agrarian society Green revolution and its social consequences Transformation in Rural Society Circulation of labour Globalization, Liberalization and Rural Society |
Unit 12: Change and Development in Industrial Society | From Planned Industrialization to Liberalization How people find Jobs Work Processes: How work is carried out, working conditions, home based work, Strikes and Unions |
Unit 15: Social Movements | Concept of Social Movements Theories and Classification of Social Movements Environmental Movements Class-Based Movements: Workers, Peasants Caste-Based Movements: Dalit Movement, Backward Class/Castes, Trends in Upper Caste Responses Tribal Movements Women’s Movements in Independent India |
Click here to download the detailed CBSE 12th Sociology Syllabus 2025 PDF
CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025 Psychology
Students can check the table below to know the chapters and topics covered in CBSE 12th Psychology syllabus 2025
Units | Chapter/Topics |
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Unit 1: Variations in Psychological Attributes | 1. Introduction 2. Individual Differences in Human Functioning 3. Assessment of Psychological Attributes 4. Intelligence 5. Psychometric Theories of Intelligence, Information Processing Theory: Planning, Attention-arousal and Simultaneous successive Model of Intelligence, Triarchic Theory of Intelligence; Theory of Multiple Intelligences. 6. Individual Differences in Intelligence 7. Culture and Intelligence 8. Emotional Intelligence 9. Special Abilities: Aptitude: Nature and Measurement 10.Creativity |
Unit 2: Self and Personality | 1. Introduction 5. Culture and Self |
Unit 3: Meeting Life Challenges | 1. Introduction 2. Nature, Types and Sources of Stress 3. Effects of Stress on Psychological Functioning and Health Stress and Health General Adaptation Syndrome Stress and Immune System Lifestyle 4. Coping with Stress Stress Management Techniques 5. Promoting Positive Health and Well-being Life Skills Positive Health |
Unit 4: Psychological Disorders | 1. Introduction Anxiety Disorders |
Unit 5: Therapeutic Approaches | 1. Nature and Process of psychotherapy Therapeutic relationship 2. Types of Therapies Behaviour Therapy Cognitive Therapy Humanistic-Existential Therapy Alternative Therapies Factors contributing to healing in Psychotherapy Ethics in Psychotherapy 3. Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill |
Unit 6: Attitude and Social Cognition | 1. Introduction 2. Explaining Social Behaviour 3. Nature and Components of Attitudes 4. Attitude Formation and Change Attitude Formation Attitude Change Attitude-Behaviour Relationship 5. Prejudice and Discrimination 6. Strategies for Handling Prejudice |
Unit 7: Social Influence and Group Processes | 1. Introduction 2. Nature and Formation of Groups 3. Type of Groups 4. Influence of Group on Individual Behaviour Social Loafing Group Polarisation |
Click here to download the detailed CBSE 12th Psychology Syllabus 2025 PDF
Class 12 students preparing for competitive examinations like NIFT, CLAT must note that no questions are asked from the topics that are not in syllabus syllabus. Students can click on NIFT Syllabus and CLAT Syllabus to know more.
CBSE 12th History Syllabus 2025
Check the table below to know the CBSE 12th History Syllabus 2025:
Unit | Chapters |
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1: Themes in Indian History Part--I | Bricks, Beads and Bones Kings, Farmers and Towns Kingship, Caste and class Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings |
2: Themes in Indian History Part--II | Through the eyes of Travellers Bhakti-Sufi Traditions An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) |
3: Themes in Indian History Part--III | Colonialism and The Countryside Rebels and Raj Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement Framing of the Constitution |
CBSE Class 12 Arts Syllabus 2025 Download PDFs for all subjects
Students can click on the links below to download subject-wise CBSE 12th Arts syllabus 2025
CBSE 12th Sociology Syllabus 2025 | CBSE 12th Psychology Syllabus 2025 | CBSE 12th Political Science Syllabus 2025 | CBSE 12th History Syllabus 2025 | CBSE 12th Geography Syllabus 2025 |
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Yes, candidates can get admission to the BCom at BSS Foundation - School of Management with 50% in your Class 12. The basic eligibility criteria for admission to the BCom course require candidates should have passed Class 12 from a recognised board of education. However, admission to this course is
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No, CBSE released the CBSE Class 12 date sheet 2025 for all subjects together. However, to make the exam dates simpler to find and use, Shiksha.com has divided the CBSE 12th date sheet 2025 according to three streams - Science, Commerce and Arts.
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No, teachers conduct the CBSE Class 12 practical marks and note down the marks. These are later uploaded on the CBSE official website on the same day. You will come to know about your score in practicals only once the CBSE 12th result is announced. There will be a bifurcation between theory and prac
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Students who have taken a gap year after 12th grade can apply for Paramedical courses in the next academic year, as long as they meet the eligibility criteria. The gap year does not disqualify them if they have the required qualifications and haven't exceeded the age limit.
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No, most Paramedical courses require a Science background (PCB – Physics, Chemistry, Biology) in 12th grade, as they focus on medical and healthcare-related training. Courses like BSc Nursing, BSc Physiotherapy, and BSc Radiology mandate students to have studied biology in school.
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No, Paramedical courses typically require a Science background with subjects like Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB) in 12th grade.
Since Commerce students do not study Biology, they are ineligible for most paramedical courses such as BSc Nursing, BSc Radiology, BSc Optometry, etc.
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No, 12th marksheet is not required for UPSC if you have done Polytechnic Diploma: Students who have done a two-year course in civil, electrical, or mechanical from a Polytechnic are considered equivalent to 12th pass. Diploma is a different kind of qualification that focuses more on practical skill
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To get admission in BTech Computer Science, one must have at least 50-60% marks in class 12th. However, this percentage may vary depending on the college or university. Eligibility criteria for admission in BTech Computer Science:
One must have passed class 12th in Science stream from a recognised b
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Some of the top entrance exams applicable for UG Psychology courses include- BHU UET, GPAT, MET, NIMSEE, MRNAT etc.
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