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CBSE Class 12 Arts & Humanities - Subjects, Syllabus

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Humanities or Arts as the stream is popularly known, offers students a host of opportunities in various fields like mass communication, counselling, and teaching.

The main subjects opted by most CBSE class 12 Arts students are History, Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Geography & Psychology.

CBSE Class 12 Arts/Humanities Subjects

Other subjects that can be included in the Humanities/ Arts stream are Home Science, Fine Arts, Fashion Studies, Creative Writing and Philosophy. Every CBSE school has the right to pick subjects to offer in the Arts stream as long as it follows the basic scheme of studies:

  • I & II: Two Languages (Core/Elective) out of:
HindiSanskrit
EnglishArabic
AssamesePersian
BengaliLimboo
GujaratiLepcha
KashmiriBhutia
KannadaMizo
MarathiTangkhul
MalayalamBodo
ManipuriNepali
OriyaTibetan
PunjabiFrench
SindhiGerman
TamilPortugese
TeluguRussian
UrduSpanish

 

  • III, IV, V: Three Electives – Specific humanities subjects
  • VI: General Studies
  • VII: Work Experience
  • VIII: Physical and Health Education

CBSE Class 12 Arts/Humanities Syllabus and Sample Papers

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