CBSE Class 12 Maths Deleted Syllabus 2025-26: Check Chapter-Wise List of Deleted Topics
CBSE Class 12 Maths Deleted Syllabus 2025-26: The CBSE Class 12 Mathematics syllabus for 2025-26 is highly rationalized, retaining the significant content deletions from previous years. This includes the removal of specific sub-topics and exercises from Calculus (like Definite Integral as a Limit of a Sum) and Probability (like Binomial Distribution). The aim is to reduce academic load and emphasize core concepts for competitive exams. Students must carefully refer to the detailed list of deleted sections to focus preparation solely on the evaluative material.
CBSE Class 12 Maths Deleted Syllabus 2025-26: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalized the syllabus for Class 12 Mathematics for the academic session 2025-26, continuing the effort to make the curriculum streamlined and student-friendly while aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP). This updated syllabus removes specific sub-topics, exercises, and detailed sections from the NCERT textbooks, particularly affecting major units like Calculus, Algebra, and Three-Dimensional Geometry.
This extensive rationalization, which maintains the approximate 30% content reduction implemented in previous years, ensures students focus intensely on core mathematical concepts, logical reasoning, and essential problem-solving skills crucial for higher studies and competitive exams.
CBSE Class 12 Maths Deleted Syllabus 2026
From the below table students can check the deleted syllabus which is being implemented in the current academic session 2025-26:
Unit Name | Chapter Name | Deleted Topic |
| Relations and Functions | Relations and Functions | composite functions, the inverse of a function |
| Relations and Functions | Inverse Trigonometric Functions | Elementary properties of inverse trigonometric functions |
| Algebra | Matrices | Concept of elementary row and column operations. |
| Algebra | Determinants | properties of determinants |
| Calculus | Continuity and Differentiability |
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| Calculus | Applications of Derivatives |
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| Calculus | Integrals | Definite integrals as a limit of a sum |
| Calculus | Applications of the Integrals | The area between any of the two above-mentioned curves |
| Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry | Vectors | scalar triple product of vectors |
| Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry | Three - dimensional Geometry |
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| Linear Programming | Linear Programming |
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| Probability | Probability | variance of random variable |
CBSE Class 12 Maths Deleted Topic List 2026
| Chapter | Page No. | Dropped Topics/Chapters |
| 7: Integrals | 290–291, 293–298, 298–299, 613–616 | 7.2.1 Geometrical Interpretation of Indefinite Integral, 7.2.3 Comparison between Differentiation and Integration, 7.8.3 Type of Integral, 7.7.1 Definite Integral as the Limit of a Sum |
| 7: Integrals | Ques. 19, 32, 40, and 44 (Exercise 7.1), Ques. 2 in the Summary, (xiv) and (xv) in Some Standard Integrals | |
| 8: Application of Integrals | 363–365, 366–372, 373–376, 377 | 8.2.1 The Area of the Region Bounded by a Curve and a Line; Ques. 3 and 6–11 (Exercise 8.1) |
| 8: Application of Integrals | 8.3 Area between Two Curves (Examples 11, 13, and 14), Ques. 2–3, 6–7, 8–15, 18–19 (Miscellaneous Exercise), Last Two Points of the Summary | |
| 9: Differential Equations | 385–391, 415, 420–422 | 9.4 Formation of Differential Equations whose General Solution is Given (Example 25), Ques. 3, 5, and 15 (Miscellaneous Exercise), Point Six of the Summary |
| 10: Vector Algebra | 618–619, 619–622 | 10.7 Scalar Triple Product, 10.7.1 Coplanarity of Three Vectors |
| 11: Three-Dimensional Geometry | 465, 469–471, 477–478, 479–497, 497–499, 500–501, 502–503 | 11.2.1 Relation between the Direction Cosines of a Line, 11.5.2 Equation of a Line Passing through Two Given Points (Ques. 8–9 in Exercise 11.2) |
| 11: Three-Dimensional Geometry | 11.6 Plane, 11.7 Coplanarity of Two Lines, 11.8 Angle between Two Planes, 11.9 Distance of a Point from a Line, 11.10 Angle between a Line and a Plane, Ques. 1, 2, 5, 7–8, 10–19, 21–23 (Miscellaneous Exercise), Summary Points 13, 20–24 | |
| 12: Linear Programming | 514–527, 528–529 | 12.3 Different Types of Linear Programming Problems (Summary Points 2–9) |
| 13: Probability | 557–558, 558–559, 559–564, 565–571, 572–578, 579–581, 583, 585–586 | 13.6 Random Variables and its Probability Distributions (Examples 22 and 23), 13.6.1 Probability Distribution of a Random Variable, 13.6.2 Mean of Random Variables, 13.6.3 Variance of a Random Variable, 13.7 Bernoulli Trials and Binomial Distribution (Example 34 and 35), Ques. 5–7, 9–11 (Miscellaneous Exercise), Last 3 Points of the Summary |
| Answers | 594, 596–599, 601, 604–612 | Answers of Exercises 7.1, 8.1, 11.1 & 13.1 |
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