CBSE Class 12 History Important Topics 2027
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Every topic ranked by how often and how recently it was asked in 5 board + 2 official sample papers (2022–2026). Teal tags = board papers, orange tags = official sample papers.
Top 10 most important topics
| # | Topic | Chapter | Asked in | Importance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annexation of Awadh and the chain of grievances | Rebels and the Raj - The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations | Board 2024Sample 2025Sample 2026 | ★★★★★ |
| 2 | Al-Biruni and the Kitab-ul-Hind | Through the Eyes of Travellers - Perceptions of Society | Board 2023Board 2024Board 2025Sample 2025 | ★★★★★ |
| 3 | Baba Guru Nanak and Nirguna Bhakti | Bhakti-Sufi Traditions - Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts | Board 2024Board 2025Board 2026 | ★★★★☆ |
| 4 | The Amara-nayaka system | An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara | Board 2025Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| 5 | Kinship and marriage rules (endogamy, exogamy, polygyny, polyandry) | Kinship, Caste and Class - Early Societies | Board 2024Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| 6 | Classification of land under Akbar (Polaj, Parauti, Chachar, Banjar) | Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire | Board 2023Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| 7 | Water resources (Kamalapuram tank, Hiriya canal) | An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara | Board 2024Board 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 8 | Discovery and interpretation (John Marshall, ASI) | Bricks, Beads and Bones - The Harappan Civilisation | Board 2024Board 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 9 | Sources for the Mauryan empire | Kings, Farmers and Towns - Early States and Economies | Board 2024Board 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| 10 | Gandhi's 'finest hour' after Independence | Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement - Civil Disobedience and Beyond | Board 2024Board 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
Chapter-wise important topics
Bricks, Beads and Bones - The Harappan Civilisation · Themes in Indian History Part-I
| Discovery and interpretation (John Marshall, ASI) asked 2× | Board 2024Board 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Fire altars and ritual practices (Lothal, Kalibangan) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Subsistence strategies and archaeo-botany asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The question of political and social authority in Harappa asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Trade and contact with distant lands asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Archaeological methods and interpreting artefacts asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Archaeologists of the Indus valley (Sahni, Banerji, Marshall, Wheeler) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Harappan town planning, drainage and public health asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Harappan script and problems of decipherment asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Harappan sites and their present-day locations asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Prehistoric chronology (Palaeolithic to Chalcolithic) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan script (undeciphered) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan subsistence/agriculture (terracotta plough) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan drainage and town planning asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan trade and raw-material sources (lapis lazuli) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan urbanism and town planning asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan sites and their present-day locations (Rakhigarhi-Haryana) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Discovery and interpretation of the Harappan civilisation (archaeologists / ASI) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Harappan drainage system and town planning asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Craft production, seals and sealings (trade/authentication) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Kings, Farmers and Towns - Early States and Economies · Themes in Indian History Part-I
| Sources for the Mauryan empire asked 2× | Board 2024Board 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Mahajanapadas, ganas/sanghas and rise of Magadha asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Mauryan empire and its administration asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Rise of Magadha asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Sangam literature and early south India asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Dynasties and successions (Satavahanas) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions and rulers (Rudradaman, Sudarshana lake) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions, epigraphy and palaeography as sources asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Panini and the Ashtadhyayi asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Dynasties and successions (Mauryas, Kanvas, Satavahanas) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Magadhan power and capitals (Rajgir, Pataliputra) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions/epigraphy as sources and their limits asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sources for the Mauryan empire and its administration asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Mahajanapadas and their regions asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions and epigraphy as sources (Ashoka) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ashoka, Mauryan inscriptions and titles asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions and rulers (Rudradaman / Sudarshan lake) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Inscriptions and epigraphy as sources (Ashokan edicts) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Mauryan empire and its administration (Arthashastra, army) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Kinship, Caste and Class - Early Societies · Themes in Indian History Part-I
| Kinship and marriage rules (endogamy, exogamy, polygyny, polyandry) asked 2× | Board 2024Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Dharmashastras and Manusmriti on property/inheritance asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Early-society sculpture (chief and follower) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Mahabharata and its compilation (critical edition) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Mahabharata as a source for early society asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Gandhari's advice to Duryodhana; dharma, artha and the ethics of war asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Prabhavati Gupta and elite women asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Kinship, family and marriage rules (Mahabharata society) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Varna order, Kshatriyas and access to kingship asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Prabhavati Gupta, women and land grants asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Mahabharata as a historical source asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Critical edition of the Mahabharata (20th century) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Mahabharata: characters, kinship and marriage asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Mahabharata as a dynamic/evolving historical text asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings - Cultural Developments · Themes in Indian History Part-I
| Stupas and relics (Ashoka, the Ashokavadana) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Buddha's life, teachings and hagiographies asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Tantric worship, Pauranic Hinduism and its influence asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Buddhism: Bodhisattva, Hinayana and Mahayana asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ancient art and architecture (cave paintings) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| First-millennium-BCE thinkers and new religious ideas asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Stupas, relics and the spread of Buddhism asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Jainism: Mahavira, tirthankaras and ahimsa asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Stupas (Sanchi) and Buddhist architecture asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Amaravati stupa and its decline asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Pauranic Hinduism and devotional cults asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rise and spread of Buddhism asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Jainism: tenets, ahimsa and renunciation asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Temple architecture (rock-cut Kailashnatha, Ellora) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Mid-first millennium BCE: rise of thinkers and new religions asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sanchi sculpture and Buddhist symbolism asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Schools of art / Buddha's life and sculpture asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Buddhist teachings and ethics (Sutta Pitaka, advice to Sigala) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Stupas: structural features (harmika, chhatri, gateways) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Early temple architecture and Pauranic Hinduism (Deogarh) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sanchi stupa: preservation, sculpture and significance asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Pauranic Hinduism and devotional cults (Vaishnavism, Shaivism) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Through the Eyes of Travellers - Perceptions of Society · Themes in Indian History Part-II
| Al-Biruni and the Kitab-ul-Hind asked 4× | Board 2023Board 2024Board 2025Sample 2025 | ★★★★★ |
| Francois Bernier, physician at the Mughal court asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ibn Battuta's observations of India asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Al-Biruni and the barriers to understanding India asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Bernier on land ownership and the Mughal economy asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Al-Biruni's translations and cross-cultural understanding asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ibn Battuta and his career in India asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Francois Bernier and his Travels asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ibn Battuta on the Indian postal system asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ibn Battuta's travels and perceptions asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Francois Bernier's Travels and views on Mughal India asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Francois Bernier and oriental despotism asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ibn Battuta and his travel account (Rihla) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Francois Bernier's views on crown ownership of land asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Travellers and their nationalities (Bernier, Ibn Battuta, Barbosa, Manucci) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions - Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts · Themes in Indian History Part-II
| Baba Guru Nanak and Nirguna Bhakti asked 3× | Board 2024Board 2025Board 2026 | ★★★★☆ |
| Lingayats (Virashaivas): beliefs and funerary rites asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Alvars and Nayanars; women bhakti saints (Andal) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Bhakti-Sufi devotional texts and regional languages asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Devotional music and community in Bhakti-Sufi traditions asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Sufi teachers and their dargahs asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Royal gifts and the Sufi ideal (Shaikh Nizamuddin's refusal of land) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Kabir and Nirguna Bhakti (relevance) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sufism and the Chishti silsila asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sufi teachers (Nizamuddin Auliya) and their circles asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Kabir and Nirguna Bhakti asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Saguna/Nirguna Bhakti and women poet-saints (Mirabai) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Baba Guru Nanak and the Sikh Gurus asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Alvars and Nayanars and women devotees in the Bhakti tradition asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Chishti Sufis and their adoption of local languages asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara · Themes in Indian History Part-II
| The Amara-nayaka system asked 2× | Board 2025Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Water resources (Kamalapuram tank, Hiriya canal) asked 2× | Board 2024Board 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ruling dynasties of Vijayanagara (Sangama first) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Krishnadeva Raya: expansion and consolidation asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Foreign accounts and fortifications of Vijayanagara (Abdur Razzaq, seven lines of forts) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Vijayanagara state and sacred centres/religious institutions asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Foreign accounts of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Architecture, fortifications and urban layout of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Significance of the founding of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Battle of Talikota and decline of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sacred centre and royal temples of Vijayanagara (Hazara Rama) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Foreign accounts of Vijayanagara (Domingo Paes) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rediscovery of Hampi (Colin Mackenzie) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Foreign accounts of Vijayanagara (Paes, Razzaq, Nikitin, Conti) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Decline of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Vijayanagara temples and sacred centre (Hazara Rama) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Decline of Vijayanagara (Battle of Talikota) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Foreign accounts (Abdur Razzaq) of south India asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ruling dynasties of Vijayanagara (Sangama; Harihara and Bukka) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rise (apogee under Krishnadeva Raya) and decline/fall of Vijayanagara asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Urban layout of the capital: the Royal Centre asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire · Themes in Indian History Part-II
| Classification of land under Akbar (Polaj, Parauti, Chachar, Banjar) asked 2× | Board 2023Sample 2026 | ★★★☆☆ |
| Condition of the average North-Indian peasant (17th century) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Silver bullion, trade and the Mughal rural economy asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Village community as 'little republics' asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Agrarian relations and agriculture in Mughal India asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Role of women in agrarian society (16th-17th centuries) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ain-i-Akbari as a source for agrarian history asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Zamindars and intermediaries in Mughal agrarian society asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Village community and panchayat in Mughal agrarian society asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rural social categories in Mughal agrarian society asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Land revenue and the Mughal agrarian economy asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Land revenue collection in cash and kind (Ain-i-Akbari; amil-guzar) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Kings and Chronicles - The Mughal Courts · Themes in Indian History Part-II
| Ain-i-Akbari structure (Mulk-abadi) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ain-i-Akbari and Mughal governance asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Mughal chronicles (Akbarnama by Abul Fazl) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Ain-i-Akbari structure (Mulk-abadi, Sipah-abadi, Manzil-abadi) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Painting in the imperial atelier as a medium conveying royal/imperial power asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Role of women of the Mughal imperial household asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Mughal court: rituals, etiquette and the nobility (Abul Fazl / Ain-i-Akbari) asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Colonialism and the Countryside - Exploring Official Archives · Themes in Indian History Part-III
| Permanent Settlement, zamindar defaults on revenue asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Rise of the jotedars in North Bengal asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The Paharias and British policy in the Bengal uplands asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Cotton boom in the Deccan and the American Civil War asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Chronology of colonial agrarian developments asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Bombay Deccan agrarian conditions before the Deccan Riots asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Permanent Settlement and its consequences for peasants asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Deccan Riots of 1875 and British suppression asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Santhals and causes of the Santhal rebellion asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Permanent Settlement, Fifth Report and Bengal revenue asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Buchanan's survey of the Rajmahal uplands (official archives) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Colonial revenue laws and rural rebellions chronology asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Permanent Settlement of 1793 and its consequences asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Paharias and Santhals in the Bengal uplands asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Permanent Settlement of 1793 in Bengal (Cornwallis) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Official surveys and archives (Francis Buchanan's survey of Bengal) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Cotton demand, the Deccan ryots and rising indebtedness (impact of the American Civil War) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rise of the jotedars vs zamindars under the Permanent Settlement asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Paharias and their dependence on the forests of the Rajmahal hills asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Rebels and the Raj - The Revolt of 1857 and its Representations · Themes in Indian History Part-III
| Annexation of Awadh and the chain of grievances asked 3× | Board 2024Sample 2025Sample 2026 | ★★★★★ |
| Outbreak of 1857 (Meerut, Red Fort, bell of arms, Awadh annexation) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Rumours and prophecies in mobilising people for revolt asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Leaders of the Revolt of 1857 (Nana Sahib, Kanpur) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Rebel proclamations and aspirations in 1857 asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Why the British viewed the Revolt of 1857 as a serious threat asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Local leaders and regions of the Revolt of 1857 asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Taluqdars of Awadh and grievances leading to 1857 asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Leaders and regions of the Revolt of 1857 asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Subsidiary Alliance and colonial expansion asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Hindu-Muslim unity in the Revolt of 1857 asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Colonial policies leading to the Revolt of 1857 asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Leaders and local rebels of 1857 (Shah Mal) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Rebel proclamations and appeals for unity in 1857 asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Leaders and regions/centres of the Revolt of 1857 (Kunwar Singh-Arrah) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Representations and images of the Revolt (Rani Lakshmi Bai in art and literature) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Annexation of Awadh and the chain of grievances feeding popular resistance asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Links between sepoys and the rural peasantry and their impact on the Revolt asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement - Civil Disobedience and Beyond · Themes in Indian History Part-III
| Gandhi's 'finest hour' after Independence asked 2× | Board 2024Board 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| South Africa as 'the making of the Mahatma' (Chandran Devanesan) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Early Gandhian movements and their years (1915-1919) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Sources: private letters and autobiographies versus official accounts asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The months after Independence as Gandhiji's 'finest hour' asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Champaran satyagraha (1917) asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Salt March / Dandi and the salt-tax critique asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Non-Cooperation Movement as an epoch (Louis Fischer) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Salt March / Dandi and Civil Disobedience Movement asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Chronology of national movement milestones asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Gandhian movements 1915-1931 and mass mobilisation asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Non-Cooperation and Khilafat movements asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Sources for Gandhi and the national movement asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Leaders of the national movement (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, 'Frontier Gandhi') asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Salt March / Dandi and the Civil Disobedience Movement asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Quit India Movement (1942): causes and events asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The months after Independence as Gandhiji's 'finest hour' - restoring communal peace asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Non-Cooperation Movement - circumstances and significance (an epoch) asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Gandhiji as social reformer and political leader of the national movement asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Framing the Constitution - The Beginning of a New Era · Themes in Indian History Part-III
| The proposal for the National Flag (Nehru) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Groups that initially stayed away from the Constituent Assembly asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| The debate on separate electorates (Govind Ballabh Pant, B. Pocker Bahadur) asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Ideals of democracy, equality and justice asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Constituent Assembly, rights and social justice asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Centre-State powers debate in the Constituent Assembly asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Objectives Resolution and the National Flag proposal (Nehru) asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Women members of the Constituent Assembly and their constituencies asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Government of India Act, 1935 and its provisions asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Constituent Assembly committees and their chairs asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Constituent Assembly leadership (Rajendra Prasad) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Role of key members in framing the Constitution (Ambedkar) asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Constituent Assembly debates on language asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Government of India Act, 1935 asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Constituent Assembly debates (Govind Ballabh Pant, separate electorates) asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Women members of the Constituent Assembly (Hansa Mehta) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Key figures of the Constituent Assembly and their roles (Ambedkar - Drafting Committee) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The debate on separate electorates in the Constituent Assembly asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Federalism and the division of powers (three lists) in the Constituent Assembly asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| The Constituent Assembly and the Objectives Resolution (Nehru) asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Map Work - Significant Sites of Indian History · Map Work
| Locate Buddhist stupa, mahajanapada, Harappan site and 1857 revolt centres asked 1× | Sample 2026 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Locate Buddhist stupa, Harappan site, Mughal/Vijayanagara centre and 1857 revolt centres asked 1× | Sample 2025 | ★★☆☆☆ |
| Locate Harappan site, early state, Mughal/medieval town and national-movement centres asked 1× | Board 2026 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Locate Harappan site, Buddhist site, Mughal/medieval town and 1857 revolt centres asked 1× | Board 2025 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Locate Harappan site, Buddhist stupa, Mughal territory and national-movement centres asked 1× | Board 2024 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Locate Ashokan inscription site (Mathura), Magadhan capital (Rajgir), Vijayanagara/Mughal centre asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Centres of the Revolt of 1857 (Delhi, Meerut, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow) asked 1× | Board 2023 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Centres of the National Movement (Amritsar/Jallianwala Bagh, Dandi) asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
| Identify a Mughal imperial capital on the map asked 1× | Board 2022 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
Importance = how often a topic was asked × how recent, with extra weight for the latest official sample paper.