1325 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Travancore, Part I, Vol-XXVIII, published by censusindia.gov.in. The source is a 592-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include travancore, urban population, rural population, migration, birth-rate, death-rate, fertility, mortality. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. Question types in the export: 799 factual, 176 relationship, 119 summary, 89 list, 82 definition, 60 comparison. 526 of the 1325 pairs (39.7%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 799 are factual or table-based questions. 96.60% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 1,325 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the Travancore Census Report, Part I, Vol-XXVIII, published in 1931. The dataset spans topics such as population dynamics, health statistics, migration, and socio-economic conditions in Travancore. Each record includes a question, its verbatim answer, the context from the source document, and metadata like page numbers and validation status. The dataset is structured to facilitate verification against the original census report.
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_document | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What arrangements were made for the census of the floating population in towns? | made for taking the census of the Boating population in towns on the census day | unit, each town was treated as a circle, and all the towns in a Sanitary Circle formed a charge with the Sanitary Circle Officer as the Charge Superintendent for purposes of inspection, the administrative control being vested in the Tahsildar of the taluk in which the towns were situated. Special arrangements were made for taking the census of the Boating population in towns on the census day. The census of the inmates of jails, lock~ups. | 316 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Special arrangements were made for taking the census of the Boating population in towns on the census day. | 83 | page=83,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What condition is described as appearing only at birth due to being congenital? | a congenital disease and will, therefore, appear at birth only | In previous censuses the ·instruction was that only persons who had been deaf and dumb jr'Jm birth should be recorded as deaf-mutes; but in 1921 the words" from birth" were omitted, and consequently persons who became deaf subsequent to birth might have also been included in the return and the number thus swelled up. Deaf-mutism is a congenital disease and will, therefore, appear at birth only. If a person becomes deaf by some other cause, such as senility in old age, the secondary effect of a deadly disease, etc., he could not be treated as a genuine deaf-mute. | 334 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Deaf-mutism is a congenital disease and will, therefore, appear at birth only. | 242 | page=242,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What determines the sub-division of the Malayala Kshatriyas? | based on occupational and geographical distribution | The Malayala Kshatriyas comprise several groups. The sub-division is based on occupational and geographical distribution. The chief groups are Rajas, K6il Thamputans, Thampans and Thitumulpads. | 69 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | The sub-division is based on occupational and geographical distribution. | 420 | page=420,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the term 'wastage' mean in the context of education? | used in the sense in which it is used in Hartog Committee's Report | 400. The term 'wastage' is used in the sense in which it is used in Hartog Committee's Report. It means "the premature withdrawal of children from school at any stage before the completion of the primary course." Wastage can be calculated approxi- mately from the census figures of literates in the age-group J 0-15 and the number of children in the age-group 5- J 0 at school five years previous to the census. | 27 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | The term 'wastage' is used in the sense in which it is used in Hartog Committee's Report. | 343 | page=343,block=12 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is a significant source of omissions in the records of lepers? | an equally fruitful source of omissions, and it appears to be more common among women than men | Omissions in the records of lepers at the census from the failure to diagnose it are, therefore, con- siderable. Wilful concealment is an equally fruitful source of omissions, and it appears to be more common among women than men. This is the main cause of the very low proportion of female to male lepers returned. | 135 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Wilful concealment is an equally fruitful source of omissions, and it appears to be more common among women than men. | 245 | page=245,block=20 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is absent in the towns among the 19 municipalities? | no cantonments or civil lines which may be included under towns | These 19 municipalities existed in 1921 also. There are no cantonments or civil lines which may be included under towns. There are other places which partake of an urban character and 27 such places have been declared as towns for the present census. | 56 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | There are no cantonments or civil lines which may be included under towns. | 82 | page=82,block=5 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is considered a major factor in cultivation? | one of the prime fadors in cultivation | 19. Rainfall is one of the prime fadors in cultivation. The vaflehes of crops cultivated and their yield per acre depend to a very large extent on the volume and distribution of the rain. | 16 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Rainfall is one of the prime fadors in cultivation. | 32 | page=32,block=10 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is happening to sub-castes in relation to wider castes? | no doubt getting fused into wider castes, but these latter show no signs yet of fusion | The spread of education, instead of helping the break-up of the barriers separating one caste from another, has only strengthened them in some respects. Sub-castes are no doubt getting fused into wider castes, but these latter show no signs yet of fusion. They remain as exclusive as ever. | 168 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Sub-castes are no doubt getting fused into wider castes, but these latter show no signs yet of fusion. | 413 | page=413,block=3 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is one possible way to address over-population? | one of the possible means of preventing over-population | 70. Emigration is one of the possible means of preventing over-population. It may be either internal or external. | 18 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Emigration is one of the possible means of preventing over-population. | 68 | page=68,block=7 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is said about Swamiji's experience in England regarding popular response and his lieutenants? | not much popular response there, he was able to secure some of his greatest lieutenants in his work from Englishmen | Swamiji had paid short visits to England also. Though there was not much popular response there, he was able to secure some of his greatest lieutenants in his work from Englishmen. An English journalistic stenographer who met him became his disciple and to him we owe most of Swamiji's works. | 64 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32561/download/35742/43534_1931_REP.pdf | Though there was not much popular response there, he was able to secure some of his greatest lieutenants in his work from Englishmen. | 402 | page=402,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
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