NCERT History Mock Test 2027: Class 6-12 Free Test Series

Class 6: Our Pasts – I (Ancient Dawn)

• In chapter one we look at what, where, how and when concerning the river valleys (the Narmada, the Sulaiman, the Kirthar hills and the Garo hills); the initial stage of domestication; the origin of the names India and Bharat; and the method of preserving manuscripts on palm leaves and birch bark.
• Chapter 2: The transition from hunting and gathering to the cultivation of food – the Paleolithic, Mesolithic (characterised by microliths), and Neolithic periods; the Bhimbetka rock paintings; the pit-houses at Burzahom; early agriculture at Mehrgarh.
• Chapter 3: The early cities—the Harappan civilization; the arrangement of the Citadel and the Lower Town; the Great Bath at Mohenjo-daro; the drainage systems; bronze tools; the raw materials used by the craftsmen (carnelian, lapis lazuli); the dockyard at Lothal; the unusual town planning at Dholavira.
• Chapter 4: What Books and Burials Reveal to Us—the hymns of the Rigveda; the classification of society (into priests and rajas); the importance of cattle as a measure of wealth; the use of iron weapons; and the megalithic stone circles at Inamgaon and Brahmagiri.
• Chapter 5: Kingdoms, Kings and the early Republic — the Ashvamedha sacrificial rites; the sixteen Mahajanapadas; the use of iron plowshares; the taxation system known as bhaga; and the democratic assemblies in the Vajji Sangha at Vaishali.
• In chapter six there are new questions and ideas concerning the life of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddhism); the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path; Vardhamana Mahavira (Jainism); and the early Upanishadic thinkers including Gargi, Satyakama Jabala, and Shankaracharya.
• Chapter 7: Ashoka, the emperor who abandoned war—details regarding the Mauryan empire; municipal administration in Pataliputra; the Kalinga War; Ashoka's Dhamma; the appointment of the Dhamma Mahamattas; and the distribution of the rock and pillar inscriptions.
• Chapter 8: Important villages and flourishing towns—the development of iron tools; irrigation projects; village administration in southern India (by the vellalar, uzhavar, and kadaisiyar); Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW); the Arikamedu Roman trading port.
• Chapter 9: Traders, kings and pilgrims — Sangam literature; the Silk Road; the introduction of Mahayana Buddhism; the Mathura and Gandhara schools of art; the accounts of the Chinese travellers Faxian and Xuanzang.
• Chapter 10: The emergence of new empires and kingdoms – the Gupta dynasty; Samudragupta's Prayag Prashasti, composed by Harisena; Harshavardhana the king and the Harshacharita by Banabhatta; the Pallavas of Kanchipuram and the Chalukyas of Badami (as stated in the Aihole inscription).
• Chapter 11: Buildings, paintings and books—the iron pillar at Mehrauli; the early Hindu stone temples; the stupa architecture at Sanchi; the Ajanta cave frescoes; the Sanskrit epics such as the Silappadikaram and Manimekalai.

Class 7: Our Pasts – II (Medieval Transitions)

• Chapter 1: Tracing the changes over a thousand years regarding the regional names used for 'Hindustan'; the use of Persian and Arabic manuscript archives; the rise of the Rajput clans; and the alterations to the caste system (jatis).
• Chapter 2: The emergence of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, the Rashtrakutas, and the Palas; the three powers' struggle for Kannauj; temple culture among the Cholas; the Brihadisvara Temple; and the local assemblies at Uttaramerur.
• Chapter 3: Delhi, from the 12th to the 15th century: the Tomara Rajputs; the Chauhans; the Slave Dynasty (Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, Raziyya Sultan); the administrative measures introduced by Alauddin Khalji; the fiscal policies of Muhammad bin Tughlaq.
• Chapter 4: The Mughal Empire (from the 16th to the 17th century) – including Babur's military campaigns, Humayun's period of exile, Akbar's administrative policies, the Ain-i-Akbari written by Abu'l Fazl, the Mansabdari hierarchy, the Zabt revenue system, and the reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan.
• Chapter 5: Rulers and Buildings: the trabeate system as compared with the arcuate one; corbelled arches; the building of the Qutb Minar, the Agra Fort, and the Taj Mahal; water engineering in the medieval baolis.
• Chapter 6: Towns, traders and craftspersons—such as the temple towns of Thanjavur; commercial ports like Surat; craft centres such as Bidar; and the Hundi credit-note system.
• Chapter 7: Tribes, Nomads and SettledCommunities: the Ahoms of Assam (with the paik labour system); the Gond kingdoms of Garha Katanga; pastoral communities such as the Banjaras.
• Chapter 8: Devotional Paths to the Divine: the Bhakti and Sufi movements; the teachings of Kabir, Mirabai, Guru Nanak, Basavanna's Virashaivism, Shankara, and Ramanuja; the Sufi orders (Chishti silsila).
• Chapter 9: The Making of Regional Cultures: the development of regional languages; Malayalam and the Cheras of Mahodayapuram; the temple traditions of Jagannatha at Puri; the Kangra and Rajput miniature painting styles.
• Chapter 10: 18th-Century Political Formations: the decline of the Mughal centre; the emergence of autonomous states (Awadh under Saadat Khan, Bengal under Murshid Quli Khan, Hyderabad under Asaf Jah); the rise of the Maratha Confederacy.

Class 8: Our Pasts – III (Colonial Rule and Resistance)

• Chapter 1: How, When, and Where: the limitations of the colonial periodization by James Mill; the British documentation and survey records.
• Chapter 2: From Trade to Territory: the trade of the English East India Company; the Battle of Plassey (1757); the Battle of Buxar (1764); the Subsidiary Alliance system; the Doctrine of Lapse.
• Chapter 3: Ruling the Countryside: the Permanent Settlement of 1793 in Bengal; the Ryotwari system in Madras; the Mahalwari system in the North-Western Provinces; the Blue Rebellion (the Indigo Revolt).
• Chapter 4: The Tribals, the Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age: Tribal customs; shifting cultivation; the jhum cultivators; the Santhal Hool of 1855–56; Birsa Munda's Ulgulan movement in Chhota Nagpur.
• Chapter 5: Rebellion by the People (1857 and afterwards): The causes of the 1857 revolt; the outbreak in Meerut; Bahadur Shah Zafar; Rani Lakshmibai; Nana Saheb; Babu Veer Kunwar Singh; the administrative changes introduced by the Government of India Act 1858.
• Chapter 6: Civilising the 'Native', Educating the Nation: The Orientalists such as William Jones contrasted with the Anglicists like Thomas Babington Macaulay; Macaulay's 1835 Minute; Wood's Despatch of 1854; the educational views of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi.
• Chapter 7: Women, Caste and Reform: The abolition of Sati in 1829 carried out by Raja Ram Mohan Roy; the widow remarriage movements led by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar; Jyotirao Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj; B.R. Ambedkar's temple entry campaigns.
• Chapter 8: The Formation of the National Movement (1870s–1947): The establishment of the Indian National Congress in 1885; the Moderate and Extremist phases; the Partition of Bengal in 1905; the Swadeshi Movement; the Rowlatt Satyagraha; the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920); Civil Disobedience (the 1930 Salt March); the Quit India Movement (1942).
• Chapter 9: India after Independence: The integration of the princely states; the Linguistic Reorganisation of States; the Dhar Commission and the JVP Committee; the establishment of the Planning Commission; the non-aligned foreign policy.

Class 11: Themes in World History

• Theme 1: Writing and City Life: Urbanisation in Mesopotamia; the city of Uruk; the cuneiform script; temple architecture (ziggurats).
• Theme 2: An Empire Spanning Three Continents: The Roman Empire; the Principate system; the Senate; the economy and the use of slave labour; administration under Augustus and Constantine.
• Theme 3: Nomadic Empires: The Mongol confederation; military strategies and mobility under Genghis Khan; the Yasa legal code; the Trans-Eurasian trade routes.
• Theme 4: The Three Orders: Feudal European society; the Clergy, the Nobility and the Peasantry; manorial estates; the rise of town guilds.
• Theme 5: Changing Cultural Traditions: The Italian Renaissance; humanism; the artistic innovations of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; the Protestant Reformation initiated by Martin Luther.
• Theme 6: The Displacement of Indigenous Peoples: European settlement in North America and Australia; its impact on indigenous populations; the Gold Rush.
• Theme 7: Paths to Modernisation: Industrialisation and political developments in East Asia; the Meiji Restoration in Japan; the 1911 Chinese Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen; the rise of the Chinese Communist Party.

Class 12: Themes in Indian History (Advanced Modules)

Part I: Ancient Foundations

• Theme 1: Bricks, Beads and Bones (The Harappan Civilisation): Subsistence strategies; bead-making at Chanhudaro; weights and measures made of chert; seal iconography (the Pashupati seal); the debate regarding the decline of the Harappan civilisation.
• Theme 2: Kings, Farmers and Towns (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): The deciphering of Brahmi and Kharosthi by James Prinsep; the 16 Mahajanapadas; the Mauryan administration; land grants to religious institutions (agrahara); the coins of the Kushanas and the Guptas.
• Theme 3: Kinship, Caste and Class (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): The critical edition of the Mahabharata prepared by V.S. Sukthankar; the patriliny rules; the social codes of the Manusmriti; the occupations of the four varnas; the status of women and ownership of property.
• Theme 4: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): The efforts made by the Begums of Bhopal to preserve the Sanchi Stupa; the Jain principles of Ahimsa and asceticism; the Buddhist Sangha rules recorded in the Vinaya Pitaka; the early forms of temples.

Part II: Medieval Transformations

• Theme 5: Through the Eyes of Travellers (c. 10th to 17th Century): Al-Biruni's analysis of the Indian caste system; Ibn Battuta's observations concerning urban markets, the slave trade and postal routes; Francois Bernier's comparisons between European and Mughal land ownership.
• Theme 6: Bhakti-Sufi Traditions (c. 8th to 18th Century): The Alvars and the Nayanars of Tamil Nadu; the composition of the Divya Prabandham; the Virashaiva movement in Karnataka; the Sufi Khanqahs; the poems of Kabir, Baba Guru Nanak and Mirabai.
• Theme 7: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara (c. 14th to 16th Century): The city's layout along the Tungabhadra River; the royal and sacred centres; the Mahanavami Dibba; the Lotus Mahal; the Hazara Rama Temple; the amara-nayaka military system.
• Theme 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State (Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire): The description of agrarian life in the Ain-i-Akbari; the roles of the panchayat and the village headman (muqaddam); land classification (polaj, parauti, chachar, banjar).

Part III: Modern Challenges

• Theme 9: Colonialism and the Countryside: Revenue experiments in Bengal; the Fifth Report presented to the British Parliament; the Deccan Riots Commission; the moneylending cycles in western India.
• Theme 10: Rebels and the Raj (The 1857 Revolt and Its Representations): The timeline of the Mutiny; the circulating rumours (the greased cartridges); the rebel proclamations (the Azamgarh Proclamation); British military operations and visual propaganda.
• Theme 11: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Non-violent mass movements; the Khilafat agitation; the Salt March to Dandi; the Round Table Conferences; the Quit India resolution.
• Theme 12: Framing the Constitution: The debates in the Constituent Assembly; fundamental rights; safeguards for minorities; discussions on the national language; the roles of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru and K.M. Munshi.

Section 1: Administrative and Agrarian Terms

Record any historical terms you do not know together with the dynasty to which they belong and their meaning (for example: Milkiyat = private land owned by Mughal zamindars; Kudavolai = the palm-leaf ballot system used in Chola village assemblies).

Section 2: Inscription and Inset Locations

Make a list of the archaeological sites, the artefacts found at these sites, and the modern states in which they are located (for example: Nageshwar & Balakot = specialised shell-working settlements near the coastlines).

Section 3: Chronological Sequences

Draw simple vertical timelines to show the order of historical events, as this will help you remember the correct sequence. Review these notes every morning before beginning a new chapter to strengthen your memory.