Question

Select the correct meaning of the underlined phrase or idiom.

Our school is within a stone's throw from the railway station.

• A. within a certain radius
• B. at a short distance
• C. within a definite circumference
• D. very far off

Answer 1

The correct option is B at a short distance

When one throws a stone, the distance the stone can travel before it falls cannot be very long. It is quite short. Hence, the idiom, 'within a stone's throw' means 'a very short distance'. Hence, option B is correct.
The word, 'radius' refers to the shortest distance between the centre of a circle and its circumference. In the given sentence, there is no mention of any word which could mean a circle/circular path. Hence, neither the word radius nor circumference mean the same as the idiom. Hence options A and C are incorrect.

Option D is incorrect because 'very far off' is an antonym of "a very short distance". Hence, this option is incorrect.