Class 12 · History · CBSE Board
Class 12 History — Previous Year Questions
535 questions from 9 years of Class 12 exams (2016–2025) — organised into 16 chapters for focused practice.
Chapter-wise PYQs
Bricks, Beads and Bones
38 questions
Kings, Farmers and Towns
38 questions
Kinship, Caste and Class
19 questions
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings
44 questions
Through the Eyes of Travellers
38 questions
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions
36 questions
An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara
34 questions
Peasants, Zamindars and the State
54 questions
Colonialism and the Countryside
46 questions
Kings and Chronicles
8 questions
Rebels and the Raj
55 questions
Colonial Cities
1 questions
Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement
51 questions
Framing the Constitution
47 questions
Value Based Question
1 questions
Understanding Partition
4 questions
Year-wise Papers
2025
85 questions
2024
86 questions
2023
73 questions
2022
38 questions
2021
Board exams cancelled due to the COVID‑19 pandemic
2020
119 questions
2019
55 questions
2018
24 questions
2017
27 questions
2016
28 questions
About Class 12 History PYQs
These are the official questions asked in CBSE Class 12 History board examinations from 2016–2025. CBSE conducts each board exam in multiple question paper sets — students in different regions receive different sets of the same exam. Padhify’s question bank combines every set of every year and removes repeated questions, which is why recent years show 100+ unique questions while a single set contains roughly 30–35.
Practising chapter-wise PYQs is the highest-return preparation strategy for boards: examiners reuse concepts, question patterns and even exact phrasing year after year. Every question here appears with its year and marks, so you always know its weight in the real exam.