108 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Dh 2011 0303 Part B Dchb Jalandhar, 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. 66 of the 108 pairs (61.1%) are explanatory questions and 42 restate a figure. 96.30% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What was notable about Jalandhar Doab during the First Sikh War? | not the scene of any remarkable military event | In 1845, the Khalsa Army crossed the Sutluj and thus started the First Sikh War. The Jalandhar Doab was not the scene of any remarkable military event. The Army of Ranjodh Singh Majithia marched through the Doab was joined by the troops of Nihal Singh Ahluwalia of Kapurthala. | 104 | definition | 1.000 | The Jalandhar Doab was not the scene of any remarkable military event. | 22 | page=22,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the location and regional significance of Jalandhar? | a centrally located district, which falls in the Doaba region of the State | Jalandhar is a centrally located district, which falls in the Doaba region of the State. | 13 | definition | 1.000 | Jalandhar is a centrally located district, which falls in the Doaba region of the State. | 24 | page=24,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What does the creation of the District Census Handbook signify in terms of collaboration? | a joint venture of the Central Government and the State Government. | We do hope that the contents and coverage of this publication would be of great use to the user agencies. The production of the DCHB has always remained to be a joint venture of the Central Government and the State Government. We greatly acknowledge and express our deep gratitude to the Government of Punjab for extending their complete cooperation in providing the requisite data in the form of Village Directory and Town Directory. The District Gazetteers and the Statistical Abstracts brought out by the State Government were of big help to us in the preparation of brief analytical note. We owe our deepest gratitude to Dr. C. Chandramouli, IAS, Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India and for their directions and support from time to time in accomplishing this onerous task. The great effort and hard work done by Shri K.S. | 159 | definition | 1.000 | The production of the DCHB has always remained to be a joint venture of the Central Government and the State Government. We greatly acknowledge and express our deep gratitude to the Government of Punjab for extending their complete cooperation in providing the requisite data in the form of Village Directory and Town Directory. | ||||
| Who was Jalandhara according to the Padma Purana? | the great demon king Jalandhara, the son of the Gangas | Brief history of district Legendary and mythological – The district of undoubted antiquity, and finds mention in the Puranas and Mahabharata. According to Padma Purana the territory takes its name from the great demon king Jalandhara, the son of the Gangas. Jalandhara was a prodigy of nature. When he was grown up, Sukra, the Preceptor of the demons appeared before Ocean and requested him to withdraw from Jambudwipa, the sacred abode of holy persons, and to leave sufficient land unwashed by his waters for Jalandhara. The Ocean acceded to the request and withdrew for about 300- Zojanas. This mythological story embodies a tradition of a time when, as geologists affirm, the sea stretched in a long arm up the Jalandhara Doab to the neighbourhood of the Hoshiarpur. According to another legend Jalandhar was the capital of the kingdom of Lava, the son of Rama before he founded Lahore. | 202 | definition | 1.000 | According to Padma Purana the territory takes its name from the great demon king Jalandhara, the son of the Gangas. | 18 | page=18,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What types of areas were classified as 'Special Charges' during the census? | the Defence and strictly Military/Para- Military areas, including operational areas | states that remain snowbound in February. In these locations the population enumeration was done from 11th September, 2010 to 30th September, 2010 along with a revisional round from 1st October, 2010 to 5th October, 2010. The reference date for the census in snow bound non-synchronous areas of these states was 00.00 hours of the first day of October, 2010. In addition to the coverage during House listing & Housing Census, the enumeration of the Houseless population was carried out on the night of 28th February, 2011, as has been the usual practice. For the purpose of Census, certain areas where the access of the civilian enumerators was not permissible due to security reasons termed as ‘Special Charges’ such as the Defence and strictly Military/Para- Military areas, including operational areas were also covered. Such areas were not covered during the House listing & Housing Census. | 721 | definition | 1.000 | For the purpose of Census, certain areas where the access of the civilian enumerators was not permissible due to security reasons termed as ‘Special Charges’ such as the Defence and strictly Military/Para- Military areas, including operational areas were also covered. | ||||
| What is District Census Handbook? | a unique publication from the Census organization which provides most authentic details of census and non-census information from village and town level to district level | The need of data at the grass root level for the administrative and planning purposes at sub micro level as well as academic studies prompted the innovation of District Census Handbook. District Census Handbook is a unique publication from the Census organization which provides most authentic details of census and non-census information from village and town level to district level. The District Census Handbook was firstly introduced during the 1951 Census. | 214 | definition | 0.980 | District Census Handbook is a unique publication from the Census organization which provides most authentic details of census and non-census information from village and town level to district level. | 16 | page=16,block=2 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is Raja Utito? | a tributary of Harsha Vardhana | It was said to extend 167 miles from east to west and 133 miles from north to south, thus including the hill states of Chamba, Mandi and Suket, and Satadru or Sirhind in the plains. Raja Utito was a tributary of Harsha Vardhana. The Rajput Rajas appear to have continued to rule over the country right up to the 12th century, interrupted sometime or the other by their skirmishes with the rulers of Kashmir. | 197 | definition | 0.980 | Raja Utito was a tributary of Harsha Vardhana. | 18 | page=18,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is territory? | a fief of the Delhi Kingdom in the reign of Muizz-ud-Din Behram Shah (1240-1242) | Muslim period - The Rajput Rajas lost Jalandhar to a Turkish chief, Ibrahim Shah of Ghazni sometime between 1179 to 1188 A.D. The territory was a fief of the Delhi Kingdom in the reign of Muizz-ud-Din Behram Shah (1240-1242). Thence forward the plains portion of the territory remained under the Muslim rule and the hills portion, | 144 | definition | 0.980 | The territory was a fief of the Delhi Kingdom in the reign of Muizz-ud-Din Behram Shah (1240-1242). | 18 | page=18,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is Population Enumeration? | carried out during February-March, 2011 | Population Enumeration - Census 2011: The field work of the second phase i.e. Population Enumeration was carried out during February-March, 2011. One of the essential features of Population Enumeration in the second phase was that each person was enumerated and her/his individual particulars were collected at a well-defined point of time. | 105 | definition | 0.980 | Population Enumeration was carried out during February-March, 2011. | 31 | page=31,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| Who is the head of district administration? | the Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate) | There are 12 statutory towns and 9 Census towns. The administrative machinery of the district consists of hierarchy of officers and officials headed by the Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate) as head of the administration of the district as well as revenue administration in the district. The Statutory towns are notified by the State Government. Section 4 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 lays down the specifications of local areas to be smaller urban areas or transitional areas and constitution of Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat. | 152 | definition | 0.980 | The administrative machinery of the district consists of hierarchy of officers and officials headed by the Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate) as head of the administration of the district as well as revenue administration in the district. | 24 | page=24,block=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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| page=14,block=3 |
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| 32 |
| page=32,block=1 |
| 0.700 |
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