SAT Information and Ideas practice questions
Finding what a text states, what it implies, and which evidence supports a claim.
67 free questions, each with a full worked solution and an explanation of what each wrong answer means.
Practise this domain adaptively →Easy (12)
- Central Ideas and Details (locating a stated detail)
Based on the text, what is one benefit the silver ant gains from its hairs? - Inferences (drawing a supported inference from a research summary)
Based on the text, what can most reasonably be inferred about the increase in the number of bee species at the field? - Command of Evidence (quantitative) — using table data to support a comparison
Which choice most effectively uses data from the text to complete the students' statement? - Central Ideas and Details (literary text — character's situation and feeling)
Based on the text, which statement about Mira is true? - Central Ideas and Details (locating an explicitly stated detail)
According to the text, what did Asawa do after she learned the looping technique used by the artisans in Toluca? - Inferences (drawing a supported conclusion about animal behavior)
Based on the text, what can most reasonably be inferred about the males' response to the recorded wingbeats? - Command of Evidence (quantitative): using table data to complete a statement
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement? - Selecting a quotation that supports a stated claim
Which quotation from the text best supports the claim that the bridge's steel supports have physically lost material to … - Matching a quotation to a claim about punctuality
Which quotation from the text best supports the claim that the revised timetable made Route 9 buses more likely to arriv… - Identifying a finding that weakens a hypothesis
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken Vasile's hypothesis? - Selecting evidence of rapid change in a record
Which quotation from the text best supports the claim that the Kalvard core records an episode of unusually fast warming… - Choosing evidence about an object's origin
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Okonjo's claim?
Easy–Medium (13)
- Inference
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Locating a detail
According to the text, which statement is true of the monarch migration? - Locating a detail
According to the text, which statement about the Great Barrier Reef is true? - Locating a detail
According to the text, what does the duration of the waggle dance indicate? - Central Ideas and Details (locating a stated purpose)
According to the text, what was one purpose of the 1976 voyage of the Hōkūleʻa? - Command of Textual Evidence (identifying a finding that weakens a hypothesis)
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the researchers' hypothesis? - Inferences (drawing a supported conclusion from a comparison)
Based on the text, what can most reasonably be inferred about the 40-minute difference in sleep? - Select data showing size-documentation mismatch
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the archivist's statement? - Complete statement with correct trend figures
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the producer's statement? - Match percentage to correct age group
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete Ramnath's statement? - Compute per-person ratios to support claim
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the administrator's argument? - Cite the relevant rows for a threshold claim
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the growers' statement? - Choose example matching stated daytime pattern
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the ecologists' statement?
Medium (12)
- Central ideas
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Central ideas
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Inference
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Central ideas
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Command of textual evidence (quantitative): identifying data that weaken a claim
Which choice best describes data from the table that call the student's claim into question? - Inferences: reasoning about a researcher's methodological choice
Based on the text, why did Wood and colleagues rely on coprolites rather than on bone collagen to study the moa's diet? - Select finding that supports an economic claim
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support Raghunathan's argument? - Select quotation illustrating others' view of a character
A student claims that the guild members regard the narrator's fabric choice as essential to the appearance of the finish… - Select finding that weakens a proposed mechanism
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the planners' explanation? - Select finding that supports a behavioral hypothesis
Which finding from the camera-trap data, if true, would most directly support Ferreira's hypothesis? - Select observation supporting a historical interpretation
Which observation about the 1897 timetable, if accurate, would most directly support Okonkwo's argument? - Select quotation showing data driving a decision
A student claims that Ibáñez relies on her written sales records when deciding how much of a given bread to produce. Whi…
Hard (15)
- Command of evidence (quantitative)
Which finding, if true, would most strongly support the researcher's hypothesis? - Inference
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Command of textual evidence
Which quotation from the passage would best support the student's claim? - Command of evidence (quantitative)
Which choice best describes data that would support the conclusion that more daily reading is associated with higher voc… - Inference
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Command of evidence (quantitative)
Which statement about the data would best support the claim that the bus lane made the route faster? - Command of textual evidence
Which quotation would best support the researcher's argument? - Command of textual evidence
Which finding would best support the historian's claim? - Inference
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Identify main idea across a narrative of adaptation
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Locate the stated reason supporting a claim
According to the text, what is Berrada's reason for concluding that the jars were produced at the well site itself? - Distinguish a survey's chief result from its stated goal
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Locate a quantified detail amid competing figures
According to the text, what did the logs reveal about the majority of the team's callouts? - Identify main idea when a prediction is overturned
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Locate a stated cause distinguished from a near-miss cause
According to the text, what caused Thackeray's reformulated green to chalk?
Very hard (15)
- Central ideas and inferences
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Central ideas and inferences
Which choice best states the main idea of the text? - Command of evidence (quantitative)
Which choice best uses the data to support the claim that Coating B better resists rust? - Inferring substitution rather than net increase
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Inferring a metric's failure as a proxy
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Inferring direction of a projection's error
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Inferring scaling, not setup, caused mismatch
Which choice most logically completes the text with a conclusion the evidence supports? - Inferring a hidden variable behind an anomaly
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Inferring location of a change from metered gaps
Which choice most logically completes the text? - Isolating a causal claim from a rival explanation
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Kerr's explanation rather than the trustee's? - Selecting a quotation showing behavior change, not awareness
Which quotation from the text best supports the claim that the bakers eventually came to treat the film crew as an audie… - Recognizing a market-wide trend that undercuts attribution
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken Rao's explanation of the 18-cent decline? - Matching evidence to a specific proposed mechanism
Which finding, if true, would most directly support Raval's hypothesis? - Choosing a quotation that identifies a water source
Which quotation from the text best supports the claim that the water flowing in the Verdin in August has traveled throug… - Using a control comparison to weaken a causal claim
Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken Amador's claim?
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