Book excerpt: The thoroughly updated 4th edition of the book IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1 - 101 Speed Tests with 5 Practice Sets consists of latest questions in all the sections. The 12 tests in the General Knowledge and Current Affairs section have been completely Changed and based on latest happenings. No matter where you PREPARE from – a coaching or any textbook/ Guide - 101 SPEED TESTS provides you the right ASSESSMENT on each topic. Your performance provides you the right cues to IMPROVE your knowledge in the various topics so as to perform better in the final examination. # It is to be noted here that these are not mere tests but act as a checklist of student’s learning and ability to apply concepts to different problems. # The book contains 87 Topical Tests + 9 sectional tests + 5 Full length Practice Tests. The complete CSAT paper 1 syllabus has been divided into 7 broad sections which are further divided into 87 topics. # The book aims at improving your SPEED followed by STRIKE RATE which will eventually lead to improving your SCORE. # Each test is based on small topics and contains around 20 MCQs on the latest pattern of the exam. # The various types of questions covered are Statement based, Matching based, Sequencing of events and Feature based MCQs. # The whole syllabus has been divided into 9 sections which are further distributed into 82 topics. # Finally at the end 5 FULL TESTS are provided so as to give the candidates the real feel of the final exam. The Full Test contains 100 questions as per the latest pattern. # In all, the book contains 2400+ Quality MCQ’s in the form of 101 tests. # Solutions to each of the 101 tests are provided at the end of the book.