Comprehension

Comprehension is the ability to understand something.

Comprehension is full knowledge and understanding of the meaning of something. Comprehension is the reason for reading.

If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. Good readers are both purposeful and active, and have the skills to absorb what they read, analyze it, make sense of it, and make it their own.

Recognizing letters and words is an important first step in learning to read. However, it is only a first step; it is vital that students comprehend, or understand, what they are reading. They must be able to get the meaning of the text: What is the author telling the reader?

Reading comprehension is as the level of understanding of a text. This understanding comes from the interaction between the words that are written, and how they trigger knowledge outside the text. Comprehension is a "creative, multifaceted process" Proficient reading depends on the ability to recognize words quickly and effortlessly. It is also determined by an individual's cognitive development, which is the construction of thought processes.

There are specific traits that determine how successfully an individual will comprehend text, including prior knowledge of the subject, well-developed language, and the ability to make inferences. Having the skill to monitor comprehension is a factor: "Why is this important?" and "Do I need to read the entire text?" are examples. Lastly, is the ability to be self-correcting to solve comprehension problems as they arise.

Comprehension is full knowledge and understanding of the meaning of something. Comprehension is the best reason for reading.

Reading comprehension involves two levels of processing, shallow (low-level) processing and deep (high-level) processing. Deep processing involves semantic processing, which happens when we encode the meaning of a word and relate it to similar words. Shallow processing involves structural and phonemic recognition, the processing of sentence and word structure and their associated sounds.

Recap

Comprehension is the ability to understand
Comprehension is full knowledge and understanding of the meaning of something.
Comprehension is the reason for reading.
Recognizing letters and words is an important first step in learning to read

Quiz for Comprehension

Q.1	Nature made vegetation that is meant for all living beings. But man felt that all the animals are meant for him. He killed animals for its tusks, deer for its horns, a large number of animals for their hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. He killed musk deer to have the musk from its stomach. He kills a large number of animal for its food. Man use many animals for experiments in laboratories. He tortures and kills thousands of animals to prepare medicines, nail polish, lipstick etc. whom man thinks, his property. "One living being is the food of another living creature." Who will remind him of the doomsday after which the animal world would claim back from man their due right man then become "meant" for animals. The effect of continuous killing of animal will be :
a)	welfare of humans.
b)	dooms day.
c)	end of animal species.
d)	positive.

Q.2	Nature made vegetation that is meant for all living beings. But man felt that all the animals are meant for him. He killed animals for its tusks, deer for its horns, a large number of animals for their hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. He killed musk deer to have the musk from its stomach. He kills a large number of animal for its food. Man use many animals for experiments in laboratories. He tortures and kills thousands of animals to prepare medicines, nail polish, lipstick etc. whom man thinks, his property. "One living being is the food of another living creature." Who will remind him of the doomsday after which the animal world would claim back from man their due right man then become "meant" for animals. Man justify killing animal by:
a)	saying that one living being is food of another.
b)	saying that only he has constructive brain.
c)	using them for humans benefit.
d)	making useful materials from them.

Q.3	Nature made vegetation that is meant for all living beings. But man felt that all the animals are meant for him. He killed animals for its tusks, deer for its horns, a large number of animals for their hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. He killed musk deer to have the musk from its stomach. He kills a large number of animal for its food. Man use many animals for experiments in laboratories. He tortures and kills thousands of animals to prepare medicines, nail polish, lipstick etc. whom man thinks, his property. "One living being is the food of another living creature." Who will remind him of the doomsday after which the animal world would claim back from man their due right man then become "meant" for animals. Who is the most cruel animal?
a)	Lion.
b)	Tiger.
c)	Elephant.
d)	Man.

Q.4	Nature made vegetation that is meant for all living beings. But man felt that all the animals are meant for him. He killed animals for its tusks, deer for its horns, a large number of animals for their hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. He killed musk deer to have the musk from its stomach. He kills a large number of animal for its food. Man use many animals for experiments in laboratories. He tortures and kills thousands of animals to prepare medicines, nail polish, lipstick etc. whom man thinks, his property. "One living being is the food of another living creature." Who will remind him of the doomsday after which the animal world would claim back from man their due right man then become "meant" for animals. What is antonym of 'myth'?
a)	Imagination.
b)	Unreal.
c)	Reality.
d)	Ritual.

Q.5	Nature made vegetation that is meant for all living beings. But man felt that all the animals are meant for him. He killed animals for its tusks, deer for its horns, a large number of animals for their hide for shoes, decoration and dresses. He killed musk deer to have the musk from its stomach. He kills a large number of animal for its food. Man use many animals for experiments in laboratories. He tortures and kills thousands of animals to prepare medicines, nail polish, lipstick etc. whom man thinks, his property. "One living being is the food of another living creature." Who will remind him of the doomsday after which the animal world would claim back from man their due right man then become "meant" for animals. Find a word from the passage that means 'being very cruel'.
a)	Meant.
b)	Torture.
c)	Tusks.
d)	none of the above

Q.6	If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-in-hand with wisdom. No one would then harbor any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste. Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. What is true democracy?
a)	Panchayati Raj.
b)	Common People.
c)	Honest People.
d)	Untouchables.

Q.7	If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-in-hand with wisdom. No one would then harbor any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste. Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. In this system who is the ruler?
a)	Leaders.
b)	Elected Members.
c)	Humblest and lowest Indian.
d)	Powerful People.

Q.8	If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-in-hand with wisdom. No one would then harbor any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste. Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. When purity goes hand-in hand with wisdom there will not be any ...
a)	untouchable.
b)	discrimination.
c)	representative.
d)	ruler.

Q.9	If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-in-hand with wisdom. No one would then harbor any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste. Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. A man of wisdom will never use ...
a)	opium.
b)	liquor
c)	intoxicants.
d)	all of the above.

Q.10	If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-in-hand with wisdom. No one would then harbor any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste. Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. Find the suitable word from the passage that mean the same as 'the act of making something complete or perfect'.
a)	Hasten.
b)	Voluntarily.
c)	Consummation.
d)	Scavengers.