The real LNAT draws its 12 Section A passages from a wide spread of subject matter — you won't know in advance which topics will come up, so it pays to be comfortable across all of them. Pick a subject below to drill a specific passage type with free sample questions and full explanations.
Data-driven and technical passages built around a research finding, a statistic, or an emerging technology — where the skill being tested is following the evidence, not knowing the science.
e.g. grid battery storage, antimicrobial resistance, quantum physics, AI and the transformation of labour
Practice this subjectPassages on how power, representation, and accountability actually work — testing whether you can separate a policy's stated aims from its structural effects.
e.g. compulsory voting, constitutional rigidity, central bank independence, the empty polling station
Practice this subjectPassages on legal principle and its limits — strict liability, jury trials, sentencing, punishment — where the question is usually whether a rule's justification still holds at the edges.
e.g. the innocent act, twelve strangers, anchoring effects in judicial sentencing, what punishment is for
Practice this subjectThought experiments and philosophical arguments that test whether you can follow abstract reasoning precisely, without needing to have encountered the argument before.
e.g. the philosopher's dilemma, machine consciousness, the limits of openness, who remains
Passages built around competing economic models and their trade-offs — testing whether you can track an argument's assumptions rather than which side you personally favour.
e.g. Keynesian vs. monetarist economics, the paradox of stimulus, the gig economy, behavioural economics
Passages examining how past institutions and social movements shaped present ones — no historical knowledge required, only the ability to trace cause and consequence within the text.
e.g. the Peterloo Massacre, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, the enclosure acts, the guild system and industrial Britain
Passages on journalism, art, language, and the platforms that shape public discourse — often built around a contested definition or a claim about cultural change.
e.g. the free press, the ghost in the machine (AI art), cancel culture, the curated mind
Passages on how institutions distribute opportunity — schools, universities, welfare systems — testing whether a stated intention actually matches its measured outcome.
e.g. the eleven-plus and the eleven-minus, the graduate premium, the meritocracy paradox, the other path
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