Question

: Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of – Extraneous
a)Shallow
b)Superficial
c)Irrelevant
d)Nonsensical

Answer 1

Hint: Extraneous means something that is of the external origin or something that is unrelated to the subject in concern.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Extraneous means not directly connected, for example- these fights are extraneous in comparison to what happened, etc. Now, as we know and understand the meaning of ‘extraneous’ we will look into the given options and find the one which best expresses a similar kind of meaning.
Option a – shallow means being of little depth, i.e. something that is not deep.
Option b – superficial means being or located on the surfaces, or giving no careful thought to something.
Option c – irrelevant means not connected or relevant to something or not being of much importance or connected to the given matter.
Option d – nonsensical means silly, stupid, making no sense or ill-advised, etc.
With careful consideration, we can conclude that ‘option c’ best expresses the meaning similar to that of Extraneous. Therefore, that is the correct option here.

Note: Something that is unrelated to the subject can be - silly, stupid etc. in nature but that does not match the word extraneous. Hence, do not confuse something that is silly to be not of relevance in the subject.