1634 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Madras Report, Part I, Vol-XIV, published by censusindia.gov.in. The source is a 468-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include madras presidency, indian civil service, madras, calcutta, bombay, sind, bengal, punjab. 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: 904 factual, 257 relationship, 145 summary, 137 list, 129 definition, 62 comparison. 730 of the 1634 pairs (44.7%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 904 are factual or table-based questions. 97.61% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 1634 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the Madras Report, Part I, Vol-XIV, published by censusindia.gov.in. The questions span various types, including factual, relationship, definition, and summary, and cover topics such as the Madras Presidency, Indian civil service, and regional demographics. Each answer is a verbatim excerpt from the source document, ensuring traceability to the original publication. The dataset provides insights into historical, social, and economic aspects of the region as documented in the 1931 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 caused additional confusion related to the classification of occupations? | the instruction that housekeeping might be entered among the occupations of dependents | In their case no specific group or order can be allotted and the classification insufficiently described hardly does them justice; 'cooly' is all the name they can be given. A further complication was the instruction that housekeeping might be entered among the occupations of dependents. This gave rise to much trouble and misconception which is reflected, as will be noticed later, in the statistics themselves. | 201 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | A further complication was the instruction that housekeeping might be entered among the occupations of dependents. | 230 | page=230,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What changes were made to include more specific details in order I? | made in order I, where 'Podu' cultivation now receives separate mention and a distinction is made between estate managers on Government and on private behalf | way of compression. Specific additions are made in order I, where 'Podu' cultivation now receives separate mention and a distinction is made between estate managers on Government and on private behalf. Special crops are given in more detail, tea, coffee, cinchona, rubber being now shown separately and similarly coconut, betel and ganja. | 43 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | Specific additions are made in order I, where 'Podu' cultivation now receives separate mention and a distinction is made between estate managers on Government and on private behalf. | 230 | page=230,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What conclusion is drawn about the Ganjam Agency Konds' contribution to tribal growth? | made touching Kondas, it seems clear that Ganjam Agency Konds have contributed least to tribal growth | A number of qualifications could be adduced touching later years, emigration one of them, but the difference for children seems to relate to an essential difference in tribal conditions. Whatever adjustments are made touching Kondas, it seems clear that Ganjam Agency Konds have contributed least to tribal growth. Some of the loss is due to emigration to Assam (cf. | 212 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | Whatever adjustments are made touching Kondas, it seems clear that Ganjam Agency Konds have contributed least to tribal growth. | 411 | page=411,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What distinguishes the Agencies from their neighboring plains in terms of disease incidence? | an area of lighter incidence than their adjoining plains | The dryness of the climate possibly contributes to lowering the incidence and it may be that delta areas are peculiarly favourable to its spread. The Agencies are an area of lighter incidence than their adjoining plains. Here the sparseness of the population contributes but the fact that a large element consists of primitive tribes must also be an important factor, for it seems to be the case that primitive tribes tend to be freer from leprosy. | 163 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | The Agencies are an area of lighter incidence than their adjoining plains. | 223 | page=223,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the Telugu ratio indicate about its domiciled element compared to Oriya? | the higher, which may be taken as an indication that it has a much smaller domiciled element than Oriya | For Vizagapatam Agency both ratios are well above unity, an indica· tion of the much greater penetration of plains influence here than in Ganjam Agency. The Telugu ratio is the higher, which may be taken as an indication that it has a much smaller domiciled element than Oriya. | 173 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | The Telugu ratio is the higher, which may be taken as an indication that it has a much smaller domiciled element than Oriya. | 341 | page=341,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the diagram aim to illustrate about emigration from South India? | an attempt to illustrate the effective drain represented by emigration from the chief contributing distrid,s in South India | As percentages of 1921 district population, 36. The diagram is an attempt to illustrate the effective drain represented by emigration from the chief contributing distrid,s in South India. No birthplace census details are available anywhere hut the records of the Emigration Commissioners for Ceylon and Malaya give a good approximation of the general rate of contribution of Madras districts. | 63 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | The diagram is an attempt to illustrate the effective drain represented by emigration from the chief contributing distrid,s in South India. | 115 | page=115,block=6 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the high figure for the Nilgiris indicate? | an indication of the large dependence of this district upon road transport | Trichinopoly is the headquarters of the South Indian Railway and of necessity has a dispropor- tionate number of railway workers within it. The Nilgiris' high figure is an indication of the large dependence of this district upon road transport. Trade shows comparatively little variation, Madras city again being much above the other districts. | 169 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | The Nilgiris' high figure is an indication of the large dependence of this district upon road transport. | 237 | page=237,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the much higher urban proportion in the small hill district indicate? | an indication of much that is precocious if not artificial in the development of this small hill district | ThiH last figure is the highest returned from any presidency unit ana is approached only by Sandur. The much higher urban proportion is an indication of much that is precocious if not artificial in the development of this small hill district. The l\1alahar, and to a less extent, the Kanara figures reflect the peculiar conditions of the vVest Coast already referred to. | 136 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | The much higher urban proportion is an indication of much that is precocious if not artificial in the development of this small hill district. | 83 | page=83,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What effort was made to detect surviving primitive mothertongues in a specific region? | made to detect these last | Here too some of the Oriya almost certainly overlays and obscures surviving primitive mothertongues. Every effort however was made to detect these last. Enumerators were specially ordered in this region to ensure that mothertongue was asked for and given and were further enjoined to record without alteration of any kind the answers received. | 126 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | Every effort however was made to detect these last. | 334 | page=334,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What efforts were made to ensure precise language returns in the Vizagapatam Agency? | made to secure as precise langnage returns as possible in the Vizagapatam Agency in 'which mm~t risk of uncertainty in l\Iunda languages arises | 4!l -1-7 50 50 a drop in 1921, the figure of 1901 and ] 911 has almost been reached again. Particular efforts were made to secure as precise langnage returns as possible in the Vizagapatam Agency in 'which mm~t risk of uncertainty in l\Iunda languages arises. Saara gives no difficulty. | 115 | definition | 1.000 | https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31271/download/34452/47171_1931_REP.pdf | Particular efforts were made to secure as precise langnage returns as possible in the Vizagapatam Agency in 'which mm~t risk of uncertainty in l\Iunda languages arises. | 338 | page=338,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
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