He exhibited a comprehensive approach towards the matter in hand.

slipshod
sketchy
exhaustive
superficial

The correct answer is C. exhaustive.

A comprehensive approach is one that is thorough and complete. It takes into account all aspects of a problem or situation. A slipshod approach is careless and incomplete. A sketchy approach is superficial and does not provide enough detail. A superficial approach is also not thorough and does not consider all aspects of a problem or situation.

In this case, the speaker is saying that the person they are talking about took a thorough and complete approach to the matter at hand. This means that they considered all aspects of the problem and did not make any careless mistakes.