1303 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from General Report, Part I-A, Vol-III, Assam, 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. 847 of the 1303 pairs (65.0%) are explanatory questions and 456 restate a figure. 96.16% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is the significance of the Cachar valley in Assam? | the second im~ portant crop region of Assa~ | / 60. The Cachar vaHey is the second im~ portant crop region of Assa~. Despite some differences in land formation and climatic condition, it repeats the broad pattern of the Brahmaputra valley. | 26 | definition | 1.000 | The Cachar vaHey is the second im~ portant crop region of Assa~. | 67 | page=67,block=1 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the composition of the clay found at the base of the Eocene in the Therria Stage? | a sorted decomposition pro- duct of the Archaean gneisses | Stratigraphically the white refractory clays occur at the base of the Eocene forming at places the basal bed of the Therria Stage. The clay itself is a sorted decomposition pro- duct of the Archaean gneisses. These occur at many places in the Garo and Mikir Hills. | 150 | definition | 1.000 | The clay itself is a sorted decomposition pro- duct of the Archaean gneisses. | 74 | page=74,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is described as a complex social structure resulting from industrialisation, governmental expansion, trade, commerce, and communication? | a complex social structure brought about by industrialisation, expansion of the governmental administrative machinery, trade and commerce and transport and communication | Distribution ot population by classes of Towns.-Here we are examining the dis- tribution of 1,000 total urban population of each district by class of towns in each Census year to the total urban population of that dis- trict and not to the total popUlation as a whole. Urbanisation is a complex social structure brought about by industrialisation, expansion of the governmental administrative machinery, trade and commerce and transport and communication. As a matter of fact, the relative development or backwardness of any state or country can be gauged by the pace of urbanisation. | 285 | definition | 1.000 | Urbanisation is a complex social structure brought about by industrialisation, expansion of the governmental administrative machinery, trade and commerce and transport and communication. | 138 | page=138,block=2 | 0.850 | valid |
| What should you do if you cannot directly determine someone's correct age? | not able to elicit correct age directly, you should stimulate their memory by referring to historical incidents or religious events etc | You should assist them to state cor- rect age. If you are not able to elicit correct age directly, you should stimulate their memory by referring to historical incidents or religious events etc. You may use any local calendar of such events that may have been prepared for the purpose." 3. | 58 | definition | 1.000 | If you are not able to elicit correct age directly, you should stimulate their memory by referring to historical incidents or religious events etc. | 198 | page=198,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the enumerator not required to do during their visit to a household? | not required, for obvious reasons, to establish personal contact with each member of the house- hold at the time of his visit | Possibly he contacts the head of the household in most cases, but there is no such instruction to the enu- merator that he must contact the head. The enumerator is not required, for obvious reasons, to establish personal contact with each member of the house- hold at the time of his visit. If he were to do so, gross mis-statements on ac- | 164 | definition | 1.000 | The enumerator is not required, for obvious reasons, to establish personal contact with each member of the house- hold at the time of his visit. | 199 | page=199,block=0 | 0.850 | valid |
| What would the ratio of digits be if there were no preference for any specific digit? | no preference for any digit the ratio should have been nearly unity for all digits | 15. If there were no preference for any digit the ratio should have been nearly unity for all digits. But the above table shows overwhelming preference for digits 0 and 5. | 18 | definition | 1.000 | If there were no preference for any digit the ratio should have been nearly unity for all digits. | 200 | page=200,block=17 | 0.850 | valid |
| What concept was introduced in the 1961 Census to define 'Family Worker'? | a new concept adopted in the 1961 Census | 102. A 'Family Worker' is a new concept adopted in the 1961 Census. Ti1l1951. | 26 | definition | 1.000 | A 'Family Worker' is a new concept adopted in the 1961 Census. | 402 | page=402,block=2 | 0.850 | valid |
| What is the function of the Location Code? | to easily locate the house within the village or town, the police station and the dis- trict by means of code numbers | above extent. The Naga Hills district and the former Tuensang division of the NEF A were separated from Assam in 1960 and constituted into a separate State known as Nagaland. The North-East Frontier Agency, though con- stitutionally part of Assam, is excluded from the coverage of the Census Operations for Assam proper. A strip of jungly uninhabited territory measuring 32.8 square miles was ceded to Bhutan from the Kamrup district on 1st September 1951 by an enactment of Parlia- ment. 10. Location Code-The Location Code is a device to easily locate the house within the village or town, the police station and the dis- trict by means of code numbers and thus,save a lot of time in writing details of the house. | 537 | definition | 1.000 | Location Code-The Location Code is a device to easily locate the house within the village or town, the police station and the dis- trict by means of code numbers and thus,save a lot of time in writing details of the house. | 28 | page=28,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What linguistic family does the Khasi language belong to? | the Mon- Khmer group, Austro-Asiatic Sub-Family under the Austric Family | invaders of India and hardly touched by the Muslim invaders. Invasions however came from the east with the advent of the Kacharis, Chutias, Kochs, the Ahoms and the Burmans, but the most distinctiveness of Assam is that in language, race, culture and creed there exists perhaps greater diversity in this State than anywhere else in India. It is rightly said that it is the most polyglot of the States in India. Among the many ethnic groups and cultural minorities of the State, the Khasis possess a tongue' the nearest affinity of which is as far distant as Cambodia. Sir George Grierson, the eminent linguist, has described the Khasi language as belonging to the Mon- Khmer group, Austro-Asiatic Sub-Family under the Austric Family. 2. There are eleven districts in Assam divided into 23 subdivisions and 108 police stations and mauzas. | 660 | definition | 1.000 | Sir George Grierson, the eminent linguist, has described the Khasi language as belonging to the Mon- Khmer group, Austro-Asiatic Sub-Family under the Austric Family. | 34 | page=34,block=9 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the traditional definition of a village in the Hill districts of Assam? | a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated 'within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers | In the Hill districts, the most convenient defini- tion of a vilage is that it is a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated 'within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers. This has been the traditional definition of a village in Assam and | 82 | definition | 1.000 | In the Hill districts, the most convenient defini- tion of a vilage is that it is a collection of houses bearing a separate name and situated 'within certain boundaries traditionally recog- nised by the villagers. | 34 | page=34,block=9 | 0.700 | valid |
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