2 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from 00 Maharastra, 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. 2 of the 2 pairs (100.0%) are explanatory questions and 0 restate a figure. 100.00% 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 shown in brackets when a district or tahsil name is different from its headquarters name? | the latter is given within brackets | BOUNDARIES: DISTRICT TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS: DISTRICT TAHSIL of Pune City and Haveli tahsils are at Pune. of Solapur North and Solapur South tahsils are at Solapur. of Nagpur (Rural) and Nagpur (Urban )Tahsils are at Nagpur. of Mumbai Suburban and Mumbai Districts are at Mumbai. of Sindhudurg and Raigarh Districts are at (Oras Bk) and (Alibag) respectively. Where the district/tahsil’s name differs from its headquarters name, the latter is given within brackets. | 426 | summary | 0.970 | Where the district/tahsil’s name differs from its headquarters name, the latter is given within brackets. | 1 | page=1,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| Where are the headquarters for Sindhudurg and Raigarh Districts? | (Oras Bk) and (Alibag) | BOUNDARIES: DISTRICT TAHSIL HEADQUARTERS: DISTRICT TAHSIL of Pune City and Haveli tahsils are at Pune. of Solapur North and Solapur South tahsils are at Solapur. of Nagpur (Rural) and Nagpur (Urban )Tahsils are at Nagpur. of Mumbai Suburban and Mumbai Districts are at Mumbai. of Sindhudurg and Raigarh Districts are at (Oras Bk) and (Alibag) respectively. Where the district/tahsil’s name differs from its headquarters name, the latter is given within brackets. | 320 | list | 0.740 | of Sindhudurg and Raigarh Districts are at (Oras Bk) and (Alibag) respectively. | 1 | page=1,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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