What is the following strategy known as in reading ? The text is read more…

Concept: Reading strategies are classified mainly by their purpose and speed. Skimming is fast, purposeful reading used to grasp the overall idea, gist, or general sense of a text without processing every word. Scanning is fast reading used to locate one specific piece of information (a name, date, or fact) while ignoring the rest of the passage. Summarising is a post-reading skill that condenses content already read into a shorter account. Scaffolding is temporary instructional support a teacher gives a learner to complete a task, not a reading technique at all.

Application: The stem describes a strategy used "to get the gist or overall sense of the text" — grasping the overall meaning rather than one specific fact is exactly the defining purpose of skimming, so Skimming is the intended strategy here. This matches the official CTET 2019 Paper 2 answer key for this exact item.

Cross-check — why each other option is ruled out:

• Scanning targets one specific fact or detail, not the passage's overall sense, so it does not fit a strategy aimed at the "gist".

• Summarising is an output activity performed after reading to condense content, not a strategy used while reading a text.

• Scaffolding describes support a teacher provides to a learner, unrelated to how a reader personally processes a text.

Note: skimming is usually described as fast reading, so the stem's phrase "read more slowly and in detail" does not fully match the standard definition — that phrasing is more typical of intensive/detailed reading, a term not offered among these options. Among the four options given, however, "gist or overall sense" is skimming's defining purpose, and the official CTET key confirms Skimming as the intended answer.