ISC 12th Books: Best reference books for ISC 12th Exams 2025

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ISC Class 12 Important Books 2025

The CISCE decides the reference books for ISC 12th Boards Exam every year. The ISC Syllabus 2024 has been changed to according to CBSE level in order to assist students better in preparing for competitive exams like NEET, JEE Main, etc. Students preparing for the ISC 12th boards 2025 need to refer to these books assigned by the CISCE to prepare well and score highly in the exams. Along with this students also need to refer to books by ISC authors. Students enrolled in schools affiliated to ISC Board need to follow the NCERT books only if they have opted for Science stream otherwise they only need to follow the books by the ISC authors. In addition to this students can also solve previous years' question papers and practice sample papers while preparing for the ISC 12th Board Exams 2025.

ISC Class 12 Books for Physics

BooksAuthors
ISC Physics Book II for Class XIIP. Vivekanandan, D. K. Banerjee, and Anand V. Karthik
Nootan ISC Physics Class XIIKumar. Mittal
New Simplified Physics, For Class 12thS. L. Arora

ISC Class 12 Books for Chemistry

BooksAuthors
S Chand ISC Chemistry for Class 12RD Madan and BS Bisht
Nootan ISC Chemistry for Class 12HC Srivastava
Physical and Inorganic ChemistryKL Chugh

ISC Class 12 Books for Biology

BooksAuthors
S. Chand A Textbook of ISC Biology Class 12Sarita Aggarwal 
Nootan ISC Biology Class 12VK Singh and DK Jain

ISC Class 12 Books for Mathematics

BooksAuthors
S Chand's ISC Mathematics Class XIIO.P. Malhotra, S.K. Gupta, Anubhuti Gangal
ISC Mathematics Class 12 - RD Sharma (Vol 1 & Vol 2)R D Sharma
Understanding I.S.C. Mathematics Class XIIM.L. Aggarwal

ISC Class 12 Books for English

SubjectBooksAuthors
English Paper ITotal English ISC XIIXavier Pinto, Pamela Pinto
Complete Course in ISC EnglishOswal Publishers
Complete Course Workbook English 1: ISC Class 12Oswal Publishers
English Paper II (Compulsory)

Drama:

Macbeth: William Shakespeare

Oxford Publishers

Echoes:

A Collection of ISC Short Stories

Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd, New Delhi

Reverie:

A Collection of ISC Poems

Evergreen Publications (India) Ltd, New Delhi

ISC Class 12 Books for Computer Science

BooksAuthors
S. Chand in ISC Computer Science Book II for Class XIIDheeraj Mehrotra
ISC Computer Science with Java Class XIISumita Arora
Understanding ISC Computer Science Class XIIV.K. Pandey and D.K. Dey

ISC Class 12 Books for Economics

BooksAuthors
Frank ISC Economics Class 12D K Sethi, U Andrew
ISC Economics Book II for Class XIIDr. Abhijit Das, Dr. Kalyan Basu
Essential of Economics: Textbook for ISC Class 12I.C. Dhingra
Understanding ISC Economics Class XIIB L Gupta

ISC Class 12 Books for Commerce

BooksAuthors
S Chand's ISC Commerce Volume II for Class XIIDr. C B Gupta
Essential of Commerce: Textbook for ISC Class 12 Book II for Class XIISandhita Purbi Vijay Kapur
ISC Commerce Class XIIT.N. Chhabra, Ankur Chhabra
Concepts of Commerce: Textbook for ISC Class 12Najmi Salim, Naresh Handa, Swarup Biswas

ISC Class 12 Books for Business Studies

BooksAuthors
ISC Business Studies Part 2 for Class XIIC.B. Gupta

ISC Class 12 Books for Accountancy

BooksAuthors
New ISC Accountancy Class XII (Volume 1 and 2)D.K. Goel, Rajesh Goel
An Aid to Accountancy - ISC XIIT.S. Grewal, H.S. Grewal, G.S. Grewal, R.K. Khosla
ISC Accountancy for Class XII (Part A and B)Balbir Singh

ISC Class 12 Books for History

BooksAuthors
ISC History for Class XIISachhidananda Banerjee
ISC History Class XIISonia Ismail and Piya Ray
ISC History Simplified for Class XIIParag Rekha

ISC Class 12 Books for Geography

BooksAuthors
ISC Geography for Class 12D.R Khullar
Oswaal Question Bank Class 12 Geography BookOswaal

ISC Class 12 Books for Political Science

BooksAuthors
ISC Political Science Class 12K.K. Ghai
MBD Class 12 Political ScienceV.K Puri

ISC Class 12 Books for Sociology

BooksAuthors
Principles of Sociology with an Introduction to Social ThoughtShankar Rao
ISC Sociology for Class 12Manjir Ghosh
Social AnthropologyMadan and Majumdar

Why to follow ISC 12th Reference Books?

The following are the benefits of following the ISC 12th Reference Books:

  • These ISC reference books help the student to prepare better and understand the basics and concepts properly.
  • The ISC question paper does include questions on similar pattern from these books and NCERT books, hence it helps students to cover the 90% of the syllabus and also come across common questions.
  • ISC 12th books are enough for preparing for the ISC 12th Board Exams 2025.
  • The practice questions after each chapter in the book also help in revision.
  • These books are written in such easy language that they can be studies by students of different intelligence level can easily study and understand it.

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