These questions ask you to find something that two people disagree about:
The keys to Logical Reasoning are 1) actively engaging with each passage before reading the question and 2) making a strong prediction before reading the answer choices.
To spot the disagreement:
Consider the following example:
Jim: We should pull our troops out of the Persian Gulf because it’s too hot there.
Sarah: I disagree. The weather there is quite nice.
In this exchange, Sarah is not disagreeing with Jim’s conclusion that we should pull out our troops, but with his premise that it’s too hot there. For all we know, she agrees that we should pull out our troops. That’s not the point of conflict.
This might be your prediction: Jim and Sarah disagree over the Gulf’s weather.
As you read each answer, ask yourself two questions:
The correct answer will be something with which one person agrees and the other disagrees. There are plenty of ways an answer choice can be wrong:
Repeat this process for each answer choice.
Occasionally, passages involving two speakers will ask you to pinpoint how the two speakers agree rather than disagree. Follow the same strategy outlined above. For each answer choice, ask yourself what person A thinks about it, what person B thinks about it. Select the answer choice about which both speakers clearly agree.