1180 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Report, Part I, Vol-III, Assam, published by censusindia.gov.in. The source is a 269-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include assam, c.s. mullan, shillong, assam government press, calcutta, manohar publications, ajay kumar jain, mehra offset press. 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: 683 factual, 176 relationship, 126 summary, 92 list, 53 comparison, 50 definition. 497 of the 1180 pairs (42.1%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 683 are factual or table-based questions. 95.08% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 1180 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the 1931 Assam Census Report, Part I, Vol-III. It includes diverse question types such as factual, relationship, summary, list, comparison, and definition. The dataset provides verbatim answers from the source document, along with contextual information, page references, and validation statuses. Topics range from population dynamics, cultural practices, and economic conditions to linguistic diversity and public health statistics. The dataset is structured to allow verification against the original source material.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What are the two abodes of the dead? | two abodes of the dead, MitllikllUa and Pialral | 11. There are two abodes of the dead, MitllikllUa and Pialral. To Mithikhua which meaDS ,. | 14 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | There are two abodes of the dead, MitllikllUa and Pialral. | 253 | page=253,block=8 | 0.850 | valid |
| What did the speaker have to do as a child after touching a Dom? | a little boy I had to take a bath if I touched a Dom | They are not despised in the same way as Doms are. Wben I was a little boy I had to take a bath if I touched a Dom. The higher castes do not accept water from the Suts but like the Katanis they are allowed into the aililes of Namghar8. | 62 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | Wben I was a little boy I had to take a bath if I touched a Dom. | 223 | page=223,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is a shooting star believed to signify? | a staf going to be marri~d | That evening he appeared in the wesL as a bright star. A shootillg star is a staf going to be marri~d. Tlili ~ilky Way divides the hot and cold halvts of·the sky. | 75 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | A shootillg star is a staf going to be marri~d. | 248 | page=248,block=19 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is considered a luxury that ordinary people cannot afford? | a luxury which neither an ordinary Mahomedan nor an ordinary Hi\1du can afford | Generally it is not so. Meat diet is a luxury which neither an ordinary Mahomedan nor an ordinary Hi\1du can afford. Rice, dal, fish, fresh or dried, constitute the dietary of tho average people OE both the communites. | 37 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | Meat diet is a luxury which neither an ordinary Mahomedan nor an ordinary Hi\1du can afford. | 203 | page=203,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is located near the big villages of stone? | a river in a great valley which 80wed from the west | We lived in big villages of stone. Not far away was a river in a great valley which 80wed from the west. We were driven out and got across on a raft fiXed to ~ rope which ran from side to side. | 52 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | Not far away was a river in a great valley which 80wed from the west. | 247 | page=247,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the general opinion about the process of disintegration? | a universal consensus of opinion that the process of disintegration- a process which have been commented upon in the last two census reports-is still continuing | Yet there is a universal consensus of opinion that the process of disintegration- a process which have been commented upon in the last two census reports-is still continuing. The extracts which follow give the views of some of the gentlemen who were good enough to write to me on the subject. | 13 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | Yet there is a universal consensus of opinion that the process of disintegration- a process which have been commented upon in the last two census reports-is still continuing. | 41 | page=41,block=5 | 0.850 | valid |
| What was taken if there was no time to take the head of a defeated enemy? | no,time to tllke tbe bead, at least an car WilS cut off if it could be done | When the enemy ran away, sometimes tho finl{ers ana toes of the dead were taken, but the wbole body was never taken. If there were no,time to tllke tbe bead, at least an car WilS cut off if it could be done. Another account says that warriors on their return used to much around the village square with the head. | 131 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | If there were no,time to tllke tbe bead, at least an car WilS cut off if it could be done. | 257 | page=257,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| How should Lakltirajaar& be classified if they cultivate their own land? | lakO.irajdar .. ctil~ tivates his own land | (-3) Those who dO not cult~va.l;e themselve~ but who. live on the rents received from their tenants. 'l:hi occupation of persons in (l) should be described'as· "cultiyating owners", that 'of pe'rsons in (2) as "culti'vating tenants" and that of persons in (3) as «(rent receivers". Lakltirajaar& or holdera of revenue tree land' shOuld be entered as. lakO.irajdar .. ctil~ tivates his own land' if ~hey cu\tiyate themselves, and as "rent teceivers'J if they let out tbeir land to. tenants. Adhidara or· Bargaaars \vh9 pay a pr.Jdtice ,rent should-be entered as "Cnltivatibg -tenants". When a l'erson. cultivates part of his own land and sub-lets part, if he gets tbe greater part of his ·ifi •. come from the. Jand which he cultivates himself, pc should btl shown in column 10 at! a "cnlth'ating, owner" and in column 11 as a "rent reooiver", and vice versa. | 351 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | Lakltirajaar& or holdera of revenue tree land' shOuld be entered as. lakO.irajdar .. ctil~ tivates his own land' if ~hey cu\tiyate themselves, and as "rent teceivers'J if they let out tbeir land to. | ||||
| How was a person defined as literate for census purposes in 1911 and 1921? | if he or she could Ntl.tlc.. write a,letter to a friend and read the reply. | IJ;· :,-r.}'; 122. A pE'rson was defined 68 a literate for census purposes if he or she could Ntl.tlc.. write a,letter to a friend and read the reply. This was also the, definition of literacy at the census of 1911 and 1921 so that our statistics are directly comparable with the figures of those censuses, For censuses prior to that of 1911 there is, however, some difficulty. In 188] and 1891 the populathn was divided in resp"lct of education into thre6'~tegories -learning, i.e., those under instruotion, literate and illitef'ate but it wa!l; found that this system was unsat.isfactory and caused much cop.fusion. | 75 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | A pE'rson was defined 68 a literate for census purposes if he or she could Ntl.tlc.. write a,letter to a friend and read the reply. This was also the, definition of literacy at the census of 1911 and 1921 so that our statistics are directly comparable with the figures of those censuses, For censuses prior to that of 1911 there is, however, some difficulty. | 159 | |||
| What classification is given to Adhidara or Bargaaars who pay a practice rent? | Adhidara or· Bargaaars \vh9 pay a pr.Jdtice ,rent should-be entered as "Cnltivatibg -tenants" | (-3) Those who dO not cult~va.l;e themselve~ but who. live on the rents received from their tenants. 'l:hi occupation of persons in (l) should be described'as· "cultiyating owners", that 'of pe'rsons in (2) as "culti'vating tenants" and that of persons in (3) as «(rent receivers". Lakltirajaar& or holdera of revenue tree land' shOuld be entered as. lakO.irajdar .. ctil~ tivates his own land' if ~hey cu\tiyate themselves, and as "rent teceivers'J if they let out tbeir land to. tenants. Adhidara or· Bargaaars \vh9 pay a pr.Jdtice ,rent should-be entered as "Cnltivatibg -tenants". When a l'erson. cultivates part of his own land and sub-lets part, if he gets tbe greater part of his ·ifi •. come from the. Jand which he cultivates himself, pc should btl shown in column 10 at! a "cnlth'ating, owner" and in column 11 as a "rent reooiver", and vice versa. | 490 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31804/download/34985/33936_1931_REG.pdf | tenants. Adhidara or· Bargaaars \vh9 pay a pr.Jdtice ,rent should-be entered as "Cnltivatibg -tenants". | 131 |
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| 131 |
| page=131,block=0 |
| 0.700 |
| valid |
| page=159,block=3 |
| 0.700 |
| valid |
| page=131,block=0 |
| 0.700 |
| valid |