Which country won the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup?
- A. India
- B. China
- C. Japan
- D. South Korea
Correct Answer: B. China
In a thrilling final, China PR came back from behind to beat the Korea Republic and win the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in India. It was the ninth title for the Chinese women who extended their Asian record for Women’s Asian Cups. The 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia. The tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, in India.
Correct Answer: B. UAE
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, is the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, being held from 30 November until 12 December 2023 at Expo City, Dubai. The conference has been held annually since the first UN climate agreement in 1992. The COP conferences are intended for governments to agree on policies to limit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts associated with climate change.
Correct Answer: A. Mynamar
The United States, Britain, and Canada hit top Myanmar justice official with sanctions on 31 January 2022 on the one-year anniversary of a military coup. The US Treasury Department placed sanctions on Attorney General Thida Oo, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tun Tun Oo, and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman U Tin Oo, whom it said was closely involved in the “politically motivated” prosecution of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Correct Answer: B. North Korea
North Korea test fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea on the first day of the new year (2023) this morning. South Korean military reported that the projectile was launched from the Yongseong area of Pyongyang which landed in the Sea of Japan. Earlier, North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles yesterday.
Correct Answer: D. Russia
A Russian hacking team, known as Cold River, targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, five cyber security experts allege. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend its territory, Cold River targeted the Brookhaven (BNL), Argonne (ANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL), according to internet records that showed the hackers creating fake login pages for each institution and emailing nuclear scientists in a bid to make them reveal their passwords.
Correct Answer: B. 5 March 2022
The Taliban`s acting interior minister and one of the most secretive leaders of the group, Sirajuddin Haqqani, made his first formal public appearance on Saturday when he addressed new Afghan police recruits at a passing-out parade. Haqqani`s appearance also suggests the Taliban have grown more confident of their hold on Afghanistan since seizing power on August 15, 2021.
Correct Answer: A. Qatar
Peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban kicked off in Doha on Saturday, September 12, 2020. The talks were to originally start on March 10 following the US-Taliban agreement that paved the way for the intra-Afghan negotiations, but complications over the release of Taliban prisoners delayed the start.