To comprehension means to grasp mentally or understand. comprehension means the proper understanding of the content or subject-matter. comprehension tests our grasping power, knowledge of grammar and the representation of the message. In examination, three things are required - (1) proper comprehension of the passage, in all details, -(2) the exact understanding of the questions asked and (3) accuracy and precision
Important Hints
(1) first read the passage carefully, try to understand the subject matter of passage
(2) After getting some ideas about the passage, turn to the questions. read again the paragraph keeping in mind the questions.
(3) understand the nature of questions ,types of questions.
(4) your answers must be brief and to the point. If the objective types of education are asked,your answer must be brief
(5) answer the questions in your own words. do not copy directly from the passage.
(6) your answer must be correct in terms of spelling. grammar and punctuation.
Special Hints
(1) Never read the questions first. there chance of being confused if the questions are difficult. it is possible you may become disturbed before you start reading.
(2) There is a wrong practice among the students that the first two lines are the answer of the first question the next two lines of the second and the last two lines of the last question...
(3) Do not try to deceive the examiner. Some students write eight or ten lines to every questions with an expectation that there must be the answer of that question in these lines !
(4) Try to be original in your answers..
intellectual reches
Example
Science and technology have come to persuade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at speed which is quite unprecedented. there is a great technological explosion around us, generated by science. This explosion is already freeing vast numbers of people from their traditional bondage to nature, and now at last we have in our power to save mankind once and or all from the fear which is based on want. now, for the first time, men can reasonably being to think that life can be something more then a grim struggle for survival. But even today, in spit of the high standard of living which has become general in the more fortunate west, the majority of people in the world still spend nearly all there time and energy in never-ending struggle with nature to secure the food and shelter they need. Even in this elementary effort, millions of human being each year die unnecessarily and wastefully from hunger,disease, or flood. yet , in the west, science and technology have made it possible for us to have a plentiful supply of food, produced by only a fraction of the labour that was necessary even a few decided ago. In the united states, for instance,one man on the land produce more then enough food too feed fifteen men in the cities and in fact,there is surplus of food grown even by this small proportion of the american labour force. We have considerably extended our expectation on life. We have enriched our lives by creating physical mobility through the motor-car, the jet aeroplane, and other means of mechanical transport, and television. Not content with these advance, we are now thrusting forward to the stars and conquest of space no longer strikes us wellsian or technology we call automatio. have the promise of both of greater leisure and of even greater material and intellectual riches.
But this is not inevitable. It depends on automation being adequately exploited. We shell need to apply our scientific and
(5) answer the questions in your own words. do not copy directly from the passage.
(6) your answer must be correct in terms of spelling. grammar and punctuation.
Special Hints
(1) Never read the questions first. there chance of being confused if the questions are difficult. it is possible you may become disturbed before you start reading.
(2) There is a wrong practice among the students that the first two lines are the answer of the first question the next two lines of the second and the last two lines of the last question...
(3) Do not try to deceive the examiner. Some students write eight or ten lines to every questions with an expectation that there must be the answer of that question in these lines !
(4) Try to be original in your answers..
intellectual reches
Example
Science and technology have come to persuade every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at speed which is quite unprecedented. there is a great technological explosion around us, generated by science. This explosion is already freeing vast numbers of people from their traditional bondage to nature, and now at last we have in our power to save mankind once and or all from the fear which is based on want. now, for the first time, men can reasonably being to think that life can be something more then a grim struggle for survival. But even today, in spit of the high standard of living which has become general in the more fortunate west, the majority of people in the world still spend nearly all there time and energy in never-ending struggle with nature to secure the food and shelter they need. Even in this elementary effort, millions of human being each year die unnecessarily and wastefully from hunger,disease, or flood. yet , in the west, science and technology have made it possible for us to have a plentiful supply of food, produced by only a fraction of the labour that was necessary even a few decided ago. In the united states, for instance,one man on the land produce more then enough food too feed fifteen men in the cities and in fact,there is surplus of food grown even by this small proportion of the american labour force. We have considerably extended our expectation on life. We have enriched our lives by creating physical mobility through the motor-car, the jet aeroplane, and other means of mechanical transport, and television. Not content with these advance, we are now thrusting forward to the stars and conquest of space no longer strikes us wellsian or technology we call automatio. have the promise of both of greater leisure and of even greater material and intellectual riches.
But this is not inevitable. It depends on automation being adequately exploited. We shell need to apply our scientific and