CBSE 12th Books 2025: Check Best Books for CBSE Class 12 Exam Preparation

CBSE 12th 2025 ( CBSE 12th )

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Updated on Jan 7, 2025 11:13 IST

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CBSE 12th Books 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) follows the NCERT books for all the subjects. CBSE Books are the ultimate preparation tool for students. Without books, learning is incomplete. These NCERT textbooks cover everything from the base to a higher level. These books are written in simple language and concepts are illustrated descriptively. Most of the topics of practical subjects like Maths are explained through examples and some of them like Science through diagrams wherever necessary. These books are designed as per the CBSE 12th Syllabus 2025 and students are recommended to study from these books.

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  • Download CBSE Class 12th e-Books
  • CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025
  • FAQs on CBSE 12th Books
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Download CBSE Class 12th e-Books

Students can click to download the CBSE Class 12th books for different subjects by clicking on the links below:

Subject Download book
Mathematics Part-I Click here
Mathematics Part-II Click Here
Sanskrit Click Here
Hindi Click Here
English Click Here

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CBSE Class 12 Mathematics Books (Prescribed)

1) Mathematics Textbook for Class XI, NCERT Publications
2) Mathematics Part I - Textbook for Class XII, NCERT Publication
3) Mathematics Part II - Textbook for Class XII, NCERT Publication
4) Mathematics Exemplar Problem for Class XI, Published by NCERT
5) Mathematics Exemplar Problem for Class XII, Published by NCERT
6) Mathematics Lab Manual class XI, published by NCERT
7) Mathematics Lab Manual class XII, published by NCERT

CBSE Class 12 English Books (Prescribed)

1. Flamingo: English Reader published by NCERT (Prose)
• The Last Lesson
• Lost Spring
• Deep Water
• The Rattrap
• Indigo
• Poets and Pancakes
• The Interview
• Going Places
(Poetry)
• My Mother at Sixty-Six
• Keeping Quiet
• A Thing of Beauty
• A Roadside Stand
• Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
2. Vistas: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Researchand
Training, New Delhi
• The Third Level
• The Tiger King
• Journey to the end of the Earth
• The Enemy
• On the Face of It
• Memories of Childhood
○ The Cutting of My Long Hair
○ We Too are Human Beings

CBSE Class 12 Hindi Books (Prescribed)

CBSE 12th Chemistry Books (Prescribed)

1. Chemistry Part -I, Class-XII, Published by NCERT.
2. Chemistry Part -II, Class-XII, Published by NCERT.
3. Laboratory Manual of Chemistry, Class XI Published by NCERT
4. Other related books and manuals of NCERT including multimedia and online
sources

CBSE 12th Biology Books (Prescribed)

1. Biology, Class-XII, Published by NCERT
2. Other related books and manuals brought out by NCERT (consider multimedia also)
3. Biology Supplementary Material (Revised). Available on CBSE website.

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CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025

The CBSE Class 12 Syllabus 2025 is released in online mode. The Class 12 Syllabus 2025 PDFs have been made available at cbseacademic.nic.in. Students must go through them thoroughly and prepare for their exams effectively.

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FAQs on CBSE 12th Books

Students can check the FAQs related to CBSE Class 12 Books 2025 here:

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Q:   Where can I download the CBSE 12th books online for free?

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NCERT has uploaded the books for class 12 or CBSE 12th books on the official website. Shiksha.com has also uploaded the e-books here for students. You can click on the subject-wise CBSE 12th books link to download and read the e-books. 

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Q:   Is there any difference in CBSE 12th hard books and e-books? Can I not buy and just download and read them?

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No, there is no difference between the CBSE 12th hard books and the e-books made available here. You can definitely download them and study from them

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