Which of the following statements regarding the Berlin wall is not correct?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → It was about 120 kilometre long and was toppled by the army in 1989.
Option (1) It symbolised the division between the capitalist and the communist world. — True.
Option (2) It was built in 1961 to separate East Berlin from West Berlin. — True.
Option (3) It was about 120 kilometre long and was toppled by the army in 1989. — False. The wall was more than 150 kilometre long, and it was broken by the people on 9 November 1989, not by the army.
Option (4) Breaking of Berlin wall marked the unification of the two parts of Germany and the beginning of the end of the communist bloc. — True.
NCERT (2025-26): “Overview … The Berlin Wall, which had been built at the height of the Cold War and was its greatest symbol, was toppled by the people in 1989. This dramatic event was followed by an equally dramatic and historic chain of events that led to the collapse of the ‘second world’ and the end of the Cold War. Germany, divided after the Second World War, was unified.… The Berlin Wall symbolised the division between the capitalist and the communist world. Built in 1961 to separate East Berlin from West Berlin, this more than 150 kilometre long wall stood for 28 years and was finally broken by the people on 9 November 1989. This marked the unification of the two parts of Germany and the beginning of the end of the communist bloc.…” |