879 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Central India Report, Part I, Vol-XIX, published by censusindia.gov.in. 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. 593 of the 879 pairs (67.5%) are explanatory questions and 286 restate a figure. 97.27% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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First 10 of 879 rows
| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What system was adapted for abstraction using slips? | a modification of the Bavarian one, devised by Mr | Abstraction by Slips.-The abstraction was carried out by the " Slip system." The system of using slips to write up the information in the schedules was first introduced by Professor Von Mayer in the Bavarian Census of 1871. The system followed here was a modification of the Bavarian one, devised by Mr. Risley. | 253 | definition | 1.000 | The system followed here was a modification of the Bavarian one, devised by Mr. | 21 | page=21,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What was the purpose of each sorting during the tabulation process? | made so as to lead on to another | Sorting and Tabulation.-Wenow come to the stage at which the slips have to be sorted so as to give the information required for the various tables. Each sorting was made so as to lead on to another. Generally speak- . | 165 | definition | 1.000 | Each sorting was made so as to lead on to another. | 23 | page=23,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What was the state of health during the famine year? | not good, and cholera, fever and small-pox were severe in the famine year | Trade was bad in the famine year but the railways opened have on the whole caused an increase in trade. Health was not good, and cholera, fever and small-pox were severe in the famine year. Sailana.-Average rainfall is about 35 inches, but in the last ten years . | 115 | definition | 1.000 | Health was not good, and cholera, fever and small-pox were severe in the famine year. | 55 | page=55,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the overall result of the migration interchange between Central India and Rajputana? | a gain to Central India of121,OOO persons, 62,000 males and 59,000 femaJes | 3! Migration between states of Central India and llajputana:--I have selected a certain number of States to show how the interchange takes place. The total interchange results is a gain to Central India of121,OOO persons, 62,000 males and 59,000 femaJes. The immigration is about 3 times the emigration, and as regards the 8exes males among immigrants are about <1 times the males among emigrants. | 179 | definition | 1.000 | The total interchange results is a gain to Central India of121,OOO persons, 62,000 males and 59,000 femaJes. | 59 | page=59,block=19 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the description of a sect mark? | a line made with Sindltr between the ey~ brows or (,lse a smear of it over the forehead | There is apparently a mixed reverence for Vishnu and Shiva, us the Shaliyram, Tulshi plant and Rama are fonnd in the temple along with Amba mata and both the Ramayana and Bhagwat are their sacred books. The sect mark is a line made with Sindltr between the ey~ brows or (,lse a smear of it over the forehead. Babal~a,pur .•• 125. | 220 | definition | 1.000 | The sect mark is a line made with Sindltr between the ey~ brows or (,lse a smear of it over the forehead. | 101 | page=101,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is noted as another peculiarity regarding people's knowledge of their ages? | the vagueness of the reply given to the question "How many years old are you?" This peculiarity is not met with in India only, Dr | The first is the great ignorance or their own ages which is displayed by most of the uneducated classes, and even many of the educated. Another is the vagueness of the reply given to the question "How many years old are you?" This peculiarity is not met with in India only, Dr. Ogle commenting on the English Census remarks that "the greater number of adults do not know their own age and can only state it approximately." The ordcl' to enumerators in the case of children under one year of age was to enter them as "infant." This was translated bachcha. | 147 | definition | 1.000 | Another is the vagueness of the reply given to the question "How many years old are you?" This peculiarity is not met with in India only, Dr. | 123 | page=123,block=4 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the author think is unnecessary to discuss in great detail? | any need to go in great detail into the figures for other periods | ill the southern portion, shows most improvement. I do not thiuk there is any need to go in great detail into the figures for other periods. | 74 | definition | 1.000 | I do not thiuk there is any need to go in great detail into the figures for other periods. | 128 | page=128,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is described as having long ago ceased to exist if it ever did? | a system consisting of only four castes as described in the Sacred Books it has long ago passed away | If there ever was a system consisting of only four castes as described in the Sacred Books it has long ago passed away. The relations subsisting between caste and marriage are treated of in the next section and illustrated by local examples. | 18 | definition | 1.000 | If there ever was a system consisting of only four castes as described in the Sacred Books it has long ago passed away. | 217 | page=217,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the structure of the local group known as Thakurs? | an endogamous local group divided into three exogamous sections, bundela, Dhandere and Parmar | Bundelkhandi Kshatriyas :-- This local group is always known as Thakur in distinction to the term Itajput, which debigllates a class of lower social position in BUlidelkhand. The Thakurs are an endogamous local group divided into three exogamous sections, bundela, Dhandere and Parmar. They have no connection wilh any other Rajput class. | 191 | definition | 1.000 | The Thakurs are an endogamous local group divided into three exogamous sections, bundela, Dhandere and Parmar. | 230 | page=230,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is said about the custom in relation to all Rajputs? | not, therefore, common to all Rajputs | The custom is not, therefore, common to all Rajputs. It may be so in a few special tribes lim before this can be definitely determined more data are wantedl. | 14 | definition | 1.000 | The custom is not, therefore, common to all Rajputs. | 235 | page=235,block=18 | 0.850 | valid |
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