The role of content based image retrieval (CBIR) system is very important and crucial for efficient image retrieval. These systems are efficient in indexing, search, image retrieval, and searching image databases. It is used in different areas like medical diagnosis, military, security and other recognition system. The explorations in this area by the researchers are wide. Researchers have done several works with their own advantages and limitation. In this paper a review and analysis based on these methods have been presented with the focus on the advantages and limitations. It explores the possibility to find out the gaps presented in these techniques and the suggested solutions.