Central Ideas And Details: SAT Practice Questions
138 official Central Ideas And Details questions (Information and Ideas) from the SAT Suite Question Bank, in the same question-ID order used in signed-in practice. Every question shows the answer and a full explanation. It is free, and no account is needed.
What does Central Ideas And Details test on the SAT?
These questions test the passage's main point and details explicitly stated in the text. The best answer covers the central claim at the right level of specificity without importing outside assumptions.
Common question types
- State the main idea
- Identify a detail supported by the passage
- Summarize a result, event, or relationship
Common traps
- Selecting a memorable detail instead of the central idea
- Choosing a broad theme that omits the passage's actual claim
- Adding a plausible inference when the question asks what is stated
Difficulty distribution
Start with the easier questions, then work toward the highest score bands.
- Easy
- 42
- Medium
- 52
- Hard
- 44
- Extreme
- 0
Featured Central Ideas And Details questions
How do I improve at Central Ideas And Details?
- 1After reading, state who or what the passage is about and what it says about that subject.
- 2For detail questions, return to the exact sentence rather than relying on memory.
- 3Reject answers that are partly true but introduce an unsupported addition.
Related Information and Ideas skills
All 138 official questions
- Question 1 024eb2ecHard
- Question 2 04bcb7a9Easy
- Question 3 04dff083Medium
- Question 4 0b696a0cEasy
- Question 5 0d81b7d9Medium
- Question 6 0e3b4967Easy
- Question 7 0fd96039Easy
- Question 8 11a9f635Hard
- Question 9 11c68dedMedium
- Question 10 12030076Medium
- Question 11 14189fbbEasy
- Question 12 16025337Hard
- Question 13 16ce90d9Hard
- Question 14 1a2b29c9Hard
- Question 15 1ba5ad7aHard
- Question 16 1c69ff20Hard
- Question 17 1e85caa9Easy
- Question 18 2287b040Easy
- Question 19 2312021bMedium
- Question 20 23a7038fEasy
- Question 21 23ecf625Hard
- Question 22 251e5281Hard
- Question 23 2573d64bMedium
- Question 24 2592e0deEasy
- Question 25 2b252bbdHard
- Question 26 2df56712Easy
- Question 27 2edd7ffeEasy
- Question 28 2fdfe002Medium
- Question 29 303537cfHard
- Question 30 34c2e387Hard
- Question 31 3543e6e2Easy
- Question 32 35b46381Hard
- Question 33 36e2868fHard
- Question 34 3a1f02b0Easy
- Question 35 3cc7d73bMedium
- Question 36 3f05e40fMedium
- Question 37 40630cefEasy
- Question 38 409058eeMedium
- Question 39 411739dbMedium
- Question 40 41d5c33eEasy
- Question 41 458b4a11Hard
- Question 42 487a05f8Easy
- Question 43 4a5bda7aHard
- Question 44 4d3e3c52Hard
- Question 45 5325b3ccMedium
- Question 46 57485f5eEasy
- Question 47 5869a196Hard
- Question 48 5eda42a3Hard
- Question 49 602b47c7Medium
- Question 50 640b60c2Medium
- Question 51 64b6427aMedium
- Question 52 6540a976Medium
- Question 53 659c6c1dMedium
- Question 54 6675c5c3Easy
- Question 55 668f75cbMedium
- Question 56 66bef967Medium
- Question 57 66c47028Medium
- Question 58 6762772fHard
- Question 59 69d662afEasy
- Question 60 701126bcHard
- Question 61 706046f7Easy
- Question 62 70aacc03Hard
- Question 63 714e4c10Easy
- Question 64 73caa3abMedium
- Question 65 748995b3Easy
- Question 66 7812801fHard
- Question 67 78b265b2Easy
- Question 68 7921b86bEasy
- Question 69 7aa510fbHard
- Question 70 7c9a65bbHard
- Question 71 7f0be746Hard
- Question 72 7ffae38aMedium
- Question 73 82d2436aEasy
- Question 74 835545cdMedium
- Question 75 87aa7babMedium
- Question 76 881ba6f1Hard
- Question 77 89961e26Easy
- Question 78 8a8236e1Easy
- Question 79 8c1be131Medium
- Question 80 8c39592aHard
- Question 81 8d88740eHard
- Question 82 8f3a200eHard
- Question 83 8fb67890Medium
- Question 84 923ebfe3Medium
- Question 85 92c2564dMedium
- Question 86 95146ebbMedium
- Question 87 96802cc0Medium
- Question 88 9731a22bHard
- Question 89 995d55fdMedium
- Question 90 9fe7aafaMedium
- Question 91 a12a83ceHard
- Question 92 a3fb5e77Hard
- Question 93 a59245a1Medium
- Question 94 a66f9b8dMedium
- Question 95 a842db60Easy
- Question 96 aa0968ddHard
- Question 97 ad680167Medium
- Question 98 adbcbce0Medium
- Question 99 b168ce48Easy
- Question 100 b38935abMedium
- Question 101 b62cb782Medium
- Question 102 b633cc4fEasy
- Question 103 b69d821dHard
- Question 104 b7d51f84Medium
- Question 105 b7f79059Medium
- Question 106 baef99a5Easy
- Question 107 bbfa2bb6Easy
- Question 108 c188a397Medium
- Question 109 c228bd45Easy
- Question 110 c5cba39cHard
- Question 111 c6d7dc78Easy
- Question 112 c889e52eEasy
- Question 113 cf956802Easy
- Question 114 d0f51067Hard
- Question 115 d0fbf1aeMedium
- Question 116 d1b8a9adHard
- Question 117 d2c2a7efMedium
- Question 118 d2e0cba5Medium
- Question 119 d5c2a4d4Medium
- Question 120 d73a908aMedium
- Question 121 d8758c3bEasy
- Question 122 daa90829Hard
- Question 123 db2da2bfHard
- Question 124 dc3ea63eMedium
- Question 125 dc5edbf6Easy
- Question 126 dcca0dfcHard
- Question 127 dd412b31Medium
- Question 128 de0a5b4eEasy
- Question 129 e47d2524Medium
- Question 130 e65dfc41Medium
- Question 131 e677fa6cEasy
- Question 132 e80ba20dHard
- Question 133 ed314256Hard
- Question 134 ee41d7e0Easy
- Question 135 f2208f98Easy
- Question 136 f64ff4fbMedium
- Question 137 f7bd14deHard
- Question 138 f8befe75Medium
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