Ancient and medieval India contribute around 2-4 questions.

In both ancient and medieval India especial emphasis should be given on cultural
history like
Harappan culture, temple architecture, paintings, religious movements like Sufis
m....
bhakti movement, Jainism, Buddhism, din-e-ilahi....
.books and their authors...dances....
classical and carnatic music...folk dances and drama......
2nd important area of focus shud be social and
economic history like....caste system...mansabdari...
land reforms like iqta system.....zabti system.....different types of taxes.....
.etc
Modern India shud be remembered WORD BY WORD....
becoz around 13-15 questions are directly asked from this area.
Resources for history are..........
Ancient India----- OLD NCERT by R S Sharma........
Medieval India----- OLD NCERT by Satish Chandra
Modern India-----spectrum. Chapter on socio-religious reforms is very imp.
The end part of spectrum contains many tables which are very imp.
Initial few chapters of MODERN INDIA NCERT BY BIPIN CHANDRA SHOULD BE READ
becoz spectrum starts from revolt of 1857.
For advance level(only for playing very safe)......
Pratiyogita Darpan of modern India can referred for MCQ only and few very import
ant
tables of significant events....like imp organisations and their founders.....im
p sessions of congress etc.
Geography-----
In geographical concepts especial emphasis shud be given on
continental drift, Sea floor spreading,
Plate tectonics, vulcanism, earthquake,
Earths interior, monsoon, El-nino,
La-nina, Jet streams, cyclones etc.
Indian geography----New NCERT class 11th----physical geography of India,
and for more clarity---- one chapter on Physiography of India from
Majid Hussains Indian Geography can be read.
In Indian geography especial attention shud be given on terms like khadar ,
bhabhar. Bhangar. Kaller, tarai. Bhur. Chos...thalghat...phalghat..bhorghat.
GC Leong....WORD BY WORD.......but chapters on cycles of erosion have complex te
rminologies...
so only names of different landforms can be remembered for prelims.......
For general info about various continents----OLD NCERT 6-8 LAND AND PEOPLE can be
read.
Oxford student atlas is very good for remembering various rivers....mountains...
.etc
Ecology---
Important areas of focus shud be---
1. Basic terminology like ecotone......keystone species.....ecological successio
n....sere.....mutualism...
.commensalism etc.
2. National parks, wild life sanctuaries, biosphere reserve etc.
3. Important environment treaties like Kyoto protocol...montreal protocol...Nago
ya...Cartagena protocol......Ramsar , Basel, Rotterdam convention.
4. IUCN list of threatened species....
especially those which always remain in news like GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD.
5. Pollution related concepts like eutrophication, photochemical smog, acid rain
etc.
Resources for ecology are-
For basics----ICSE books on environment and ecology.
For advance---- Shankar IAS acdmy notes....
World focus on Climate change......feb 2014 issue....
General science-----
Either NCERT from 6-12 OR
TMH manual on general studies.....science section...better choice
In general science most questions are from daily life utility of various concept
s.....
like type of lense in myopia....or application of refraction...newtons laws......
.vitamins....
.hormones.....cell biology....imp diseases...
DNA...RNA...fatty acids and their types and implication for health etc.
For science and tech part----
Vajiram booklet for mains can be referred. In this sections mostly question are
asked from
sections like nuclear cycle,
space related info like PSLV...GSLV...latest satellites....carbon nanotubes....
.defence related info like latest missiles etc.
For socioeconomic development----
SRIRAM ECONOICS for basics of economics
Economic survey of India latest one
All social development scheme should be covered very sincerely.
They can be read from India year book + vajiram booklet on social schemes/
civil service chronicle on social schemes
For current affairs.......
Vajiram booklets or vision IAS NOTES........of last one year.
CSAT WILL BE THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR CLEARING PRELIMS...
SO HIT IT HARD
Most imp part is TIME MANAGEMENT...and that can be done BY PRACTICE...
Solve at least 30-40 CSAT practice paper......
A good grasp over English will help in comprehension.
Resources----
1. R S AGGARWAL for quantitative aptitude.
2. R S AGGARVAL for verbal and nonverbal reasoning.
OR
TMH BOOK ON CSAT.
CL test papers can be solved for practice.