ISC Class 12 Maths Syllabus 2025-26: FREE PDF Download

Relations and Functions

Types of relations: reflexive, symmetric, transitive and equivalence relations. One-to-one and onto functions, the inverse of a function

Inverse Trigonometric Functions: Definition, domain, range, principal value branch, Elementary properties of inverse trigonometric functions.

Matrices and Determinants

Matrices: Concept, notation, order, equality, types of matrices, zero and identity matrix, transpose of a  matrix, symmetric and skew symmetric matrices, Operation on matrices: Addition and multiplication and multiplication  with a scalar, Simple properties of addition, multiplication and scalar multiplication, Non-commutativity of  multiplication of matrices and existence of non-zero matrices whose product is the zero matrix (restrict to square matrices of order upto 3), Invertible matrices and proof of the    uniqueness of inverse, if it exists (here all matrices will have real entries)

Determinants: Determinant of a square matrix (up to 3 x 3 matrices), properties of determinants, minors, co-factors and applications of determinants in finding the area of a triangle, Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix, Consistency, inconsistency and number of solutions of system of linear equations by examples, solving system of linear equations in two or three variables (having unique solution) using inverse of a matrix.

Calculus

Continuity, Differentiability and Differentiation: Continuity and differentiability, derivative of composite functions,  chain rule, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, derivative of implicit functions, Concept of exponential  and logarithmic functions, Derivatives of logarithmic and exponential functions, Logarithmic differentiation, derivative of functions expressed in parametric forms, Second order derivatives

Applications of Derivatives: Applications of derivatives: rate of change of bodies, increasing/decreasing   functions, tangents and normals, maxima and minima (first derivative test  motivated geometrically and second derivative test given as a provable tool), Simple problems (that illustrate  basic principles and understanding of the subject as well as real-life situations)

Integrals: Integration as inverse process of differentiation, Integration of a variety of functions by substitution, by partial fractions and by parts, Evaluation of simple integrals of the following types and problems based on them, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (without proof), Basic properties of    definite integrals and evaluation of definite integrals

Differential Equations: Definition, order and degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation, Solution of differential equations by method of separation of variables solutions of homogeneous differential equations of first order and first degree, Solutions of linear differential equation of the type: dy/dx + py = q, where p and q are functions of x or constants. Dx/dy + px =  q, where p and q are functions of y or constants.

Probability: Conditional probability, multiplication theorem on probability, independent events, total probability, Bayes’ theorem, Random variable and its probability distribution, mean of random variable

Vectors: Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector, Direction cosines and direction ratios of a vector, Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel and collinear vectors), position vector of a point, negative of a vector, components of a vector, addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector by a scalar,  position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio, Definition, Geometrical Interpretation,    properties and application of scalar (dot) product of vectors, vector (cross) product of vectors

Three-Dimensional Geometry: Direction cosines and direction ratios of a line joining two points,  Cartesian equation and vector equation of a line, coplanar and skew lines, shortest distance between two  lines, Cartesian and vector equation of a plane, Angle between (i) two lines, (ii) two planes, (iii) a line and  a plane, Distance of a point from a plane

Application of Integrals: Application in finding the area bounded by simple curves and coordinate axes, Area enclosed between two curves 

Application of Calculas: Application of Calculus in Commerce and Economics in the following:- Cost function, average cost, marginal cost and its interpretation, demand function, revenue function, marginal revenue function and its interpretation, Profit function and breakeven point, Rough sketching of the following curves: AR, MR, R, C, AC, MC and their mathematical interpretation using the concept of maxima & minima and increasing- decreasing functions

Linear Regression: Lines of regression of x on y and y on x, Scatter diagrams, The method of least squares, Lines of best fit, Regression coefficient of x on y and y on x, 

Identification of regression equations, properties of regression lines, Estimation of the value of one variable using the value of the other variable from the appropriate line of regression

Linear Programming: Introduction, related terminology such as constraints, objective function,    optimization, different types of linear programming (L.P.) problems, mathematical formulation of L.P. problems, graphical method of solution for problems in two variables, feasible and infeasible regions (bounded and unbounded), feasible and infeasible solutions, optimal feasible solutions (up to three non-trivial constraints).

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Unit Name

Marks

 SECTION A: 65 Marks

Relations and Functions

10

Algebra

10

Calculas

32

Probability

13

SECTION B: 15 Marks

Vectors

5

Three-Dimensional Geometry

6

Applications of Integrals

4

OR

SECTION C: 15 Marks

Application of Calculus

5

Linear Regression

6

Linear Programming

4

Total

80 Marks

Assessment Type

Marks

Theory Paper

80

Project Work

• Overall Format

• Content

• Findings

• Viva-voce based on the project

20

1 mark

4 marks

2 marks

3 marks