ISC Class 12 Reference Books - Best Reference Books for ISC Class 12 All Subjects

ISC Class 12 Reference Books: The ISC Class 12 Books for the academic session 2023-24 are curated by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). ISC class 12 is considered the most important board exam in every student's life. Every student aspires to score well in the 12th board examination to get college/university of their choice. The ISC class 12 syllabus 2023-24 has been reformed to match CBSE level and prepare its students for other competitive examinations like JEE and NEET. However, even ISC class 12th students have to follow the reference books which are published by ISC authors. Meaning, that in the ISC board, only the science stream students will follow NCERT books for Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics. For the remaining stream students, the books will be by the ISC authors.

Students can check out all the subject wise ISC 12th prescribed books which will help them in effective preparation for the exams. Approximately 2.5 lakh students every year appear for the CISCE board exams. For the academic year 2023-24, the ISC 12th board exam 2024 will be conducted in February-March 2024. Continue reading the article to get an idea of the important CISCE Books for 12 students.

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ISC Class 12 Reference Books

To score well in the ISC Class 12 exam 2024, students are advised to follow the books that are prescribed by the ISC board and NCERT only. Apart from these, students can also practice the sample question papers published by the council for better preparation. 

ISC Class 12 Books for Physics 

Students can follow the below-mentioned books for the preparation of ISC 12th Physics:

S. No.	Books	Authors
1.	ISC Physics Book II for Class XII	P. Vivekanandan, D.K. Banerjee and Anand V. Karthik
2.	Nootan ISC Physics Class XII	Kumar.Mittal
3.	New Simplified Physics, For Class 12th	S. L. Arora

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ISC Class 12 Books for Chemistry 

The list of books for ISC Class 12 Chemistry exam 2024 is given below:

S. No.	Books	Authors
1.	Nootan ISC Chemistry for Class 12	HC Srivastava
2.	S Chand ISC Chemistry for Class 12	RD Madan and BS Bisht
3.	Physical and Inorganic Chemistry	KL Chugh

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ISC Class 12 Books for Biology 

For ISC 12th Biology, students can refer to these books that are mentioned in the table below:

S. No.	Books	Authors
1.	S. Chand A Textbook of ISC Biology Class 12	Sarita Aggarwal
2.	Nootan ISC Biology Class 12	VK Singh and DK Jain

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ISC Class 12 Books for Mathematics 

For preparing Mathematics, ISC 12th students can follow these books:

S. No.	Books	Authors
1.	S. Chand’s ISC Mathematics Class – XII	O.P. Malhotra, S.K. Gupta, Anubhuti Gangal
2.	ISC Mathematics Class 12 – R D Sharma ( Vol 1 & Vol 2)	R D Sharma
3.	Understanding I.S.C. Mathematics Class XII	M.L. Aggarwal

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ISC Class 12 Books for English 

English is the compulsory subject for all the students irrespective of the streams. Following are the prescribed books:

Subject	Book	Authors
English Paper I	Total English ISC XII	Xavier Pinto, Pamela Pinto
	Complete Course In ISC English	Oswal Publishers
	Complete Course Workbook English 1: ISC Class 12	Oswal 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

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ISC Class 12 Books for Computer Science

Students must prepare for computer science with the following study material:

Books	Authors
S. Chand In ISC Computer Science Book II for Class XII	Dheeraj Mehrotra
ISC Computer Science with Java Class XII	Sumita Arora
Understanding ISC Computer Science Class - XII	V.K. Pandey and D.K. Dey

ISC Class 12 Books for Economics 

Students cab prepare for Economics with the following books:

Books	Authors
Frank ISC Economics Class-12	D K Sethi, U Andrew
ISC Economics Book II for Class XII	Dr. Abhijit Das Dr. Kalyan Basu
Essentials of Economics: Textbook for ISC Class 12	I.C. Dhingra
Understanding ISC Economics Class- XII	B L Gupta

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ISC Class 12 Books for Commerce 

The following study materials are for ISC 12th Commerce:

Books	Authors
S Chand’s ISC Commerce -Volume II (for Class-XII)	Dr. C B Gupta
Essentials of Commerce: Textbook for ISC Class 12	Sandhita Purbi Vijay Kapur
ISC Commerce Class- XII	T.N. Chhabra Ankur Chhabra
Concepts of Commerce: Textbook for ISC Class 12	Najmi Salim, Naresh Handa Swarup Biswas

ISC Class 12 Books for Business Studies

For the upcoming ISC 12th exam 2024, students can take these below mentioned books into consideration:

Books	Authors
ISC Business Studies Part 2 for Class XII	C.B. Gupta

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ISC Class 12 Books for Accountancy 

Check out the important books for Accountancy as tabulated below:

Books	Authors
New ISC Accountancy Class – XII (Volume I and II)	D.K. Goel Rajesh Goel
An Aid to Accountancy – ISC XII	T.S. Grewal, H.S. Grewal, G.S. Grewal, R.K. Khosla
ISC Accountancy for Class XII (Part A and B)	Balbir Singh

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ISC Class 12 Books for History 

Books	Authors
ISC History For Class XII	Sachhidananda Banerjee
ISC History Class XII	Sonia Ismail and Piya Ray
ISC History Simplified for Class XII	Parag Rekha

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ISC Class 12 Books for Geography 

Books	Authors
ISC Geography for Class 12	D.R Khullar
Oswaal Question Bank Class 12 Geography Book	Oswaal

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ISC Class 12 Books for Political Science

Books	Authors
ISC Political Science Class 12	K.K. Ghai
MBD Class 12 Political Science	V.K Puri

ISC Class 12 Books for Sociology 

Books	Authors
Principles of Sociology with an Introduction to Social Thought	Shankar Rao
ISC Sociology For Class – 12	Manjir Ghosh
Social Anthropology	Madan & Majumdar

Benefits of ISC Class 12 Reference Books

Go through the benefits of reading the subject wise prescribed ISC Class 12 books that are provided below:

• The prescribed ISC books for Class 12 will allow the students in depth understanding of the chapters and topics.
• The maximum number of questions in the ISC class 12 exam 2024 come directly from the ISC 12th and NCERT books. Therefore, if the students follow the books dedicatedly, they will get 90% of common questions.
• ISC class 12 books are a one-stop solution for the students. Hence, they will not have to follow any other reference books as ISC 12th books will be enough to score well in the ISC 12th exam.
• Most of the questions come from the exercises that students can find after every chapter of the book. They can revise after completing each chapter.
• The ISC class 12 books and NCERT books are written in easy language so that it is comprehensible for all the students irrespective of their intelligence level.