Category: Current Affairs February 2022

Correct Answer: C. An-225

The largest plane in the world — Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane — was destroyed by Russian strikes outside Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion, Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom group said 27 February 2022. “Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of the Ukrainian aviation, the AN-225” at the Antonov airport in Gostomel near Kyiv, the group said in a statement. The aircraft was unique to the world, at 84 meters long (276 feet) it could transport up to 250 tons (551,000 pounds) of cargo at a speed of up to 850 kilometers per hour (528 mph). It had been named “Mriya,” which means “dream” in Ukrainian.

Correct Answer: A. Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities

The theme of the 2022 International Mother Language Day, “Using technology for multilingual learning: Challenges and opportunities”, will discuss the potential role of technology to advance multilingual education and support the development of quality teaching and learning for all. International Mother Language Day is commemorated on February 21.It was the initiative of Bangladesh to set up the International Mother Language Day, which was approved at the 1999 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) General Conference and has been celebrated ever since annually. The first International Mother Language Day was observed throughout the world in 2000.

Correct Answer: C. Donbas

The Minsk agreements were a series of international agreements which sought to end a war in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The first agreement, known as the Minsk Protocol, was drafted in 2014 by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, consisted of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), with mediation by the leaders of France and Germany in the so-called Normandy Format. After extensive talks in Minsk, Belarus, the agreement was signed on 5 September 2014. It failed to stop fighting and was followed with a revised and updated agreement, commonly called Minsk II, which was signed on 12 February 2015 but also failed, with Russia recognizing separatist regions on 22 February 2022 prior to declaring war on Ukraine and invading it on 24 February 2022.

Correct Answer: B. February 2014

The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing and protracted conflict that started in February 2014, primarily involving Russia and pro-Russian forces on one hand, and Ukraine on the other. The war has centered on the status of Crimea and parts of the Donbas, which are internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

Correct Answer: C. 24 February 2022

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. The campaign started after a prolonged military buildup and the Russian recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic in the days prior to the invasion, followed by the entrance of the Russian Armed Forces to the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine on 21 February 2022.

Correct Answer: D. February 24, 2022

On the morning of 24 February, Putin announced that Russia was initiating a “special military operation” in the Donbas, and launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine.