91 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from ISS 2015_compressed, published by shipmin.gov.in. The source is a 191-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include indian shipping statistics 2015, transport research wing, indian shipping sector, tonnage, gross registered tonnage (grt), coastal trade, overseas trade, fleet composition. 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: 40 factual, 36 definition, 10 table, 3 list, 2 summary. 41 of the 91 pairs (45.1%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 50 are factual or table-based questions. 100.00% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
This dataset contains 91 extractive question-and-answer pairs derived from the Indian Shipping Statistics 2015 publication by shipmin.gov.in. It includes definitions, summaries, and factual data about various shipping terms, vessel types, fleet composition, and trade statistics. The dataset is structured to allow verification against the original source, with each answer linked to its context and page location. Topics covered range from vessel classifications to tonnage statistics and trade data.
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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 distinguishes a passenger ship from other ships? | carrying more than twelve passengers. | It is obtained by deducting from GRT the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. and which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship. 35. Ore/Oil and Bulk Carriers – A bulk cargo ship designed to carry ore and oil enabling it thereby to be loaded in both directions. 36. Passenger Liner – A ship or vessel employed in carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. 37. Passenger Ship – A ship carrying more than twelve passengers. 38. Pilgrim Ship – A ship which makes a voyage to or from the Hedjaz during the season of the pilgrimage and which carries pilgrims in a proportion of not less than one pilgrim for every one hundred tons of the gross tonnage of the ship. 39. Port Side – Left side of a ship. 40. Reefer – A vessel with refrigerating facilities. 41. | 494 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Passenger Ship – A ship carrying more than twelve passengers. 38. | 190 | page=190,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the term 'Draft' refer to in shipping? | The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line | -167- river trades or any other boat or vessel employed in carrying, shipping or discharging the goods insured. 15. Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) – It is the number of tons (2240 pounds) of stores, fuel and cargo that a ship can transport. This presents the actual carrying capacity of a ship. 16. Displacement Light – The weight of a ship without stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 17. Displacement Loaded – The weight of a ship plus stores, bunker fuel, cargo, passengers and crew. 18. Draft – The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. 19. Dumb Barge – A barge which has no means of self propulsion in the way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current. 20. Fishing Vessel – A ship fitted with mechanical means of propulsion which is exclusively engaged in sea fishing for profit. 21. | 506 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Draft – The depth necessary to submerge a ship to her load line. | 189 | page=189,block=0 | 0.700 | |
| What does the term 'bollard pull' refer to? | The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 15 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. | 188 | page=188,block=3 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is a liner conference in the context of shipping? | An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. | 1. A Liner Conference – An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. 2. Ballast – Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. Barrage – A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled mechanically or by oars and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. In a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. Bollard – Single or double cast steel post secured to a wharf or pier and used for mooring vessels by means of lines extending from the vessel and fastened to the wharf or pier. 5. | 24 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | A Liner Conference – An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. | ||||
| What is deducted from GRT to determine the cubic capacity space that does not represent a ship's earning capacity? | the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. | It is obtained by deducting from GRT the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. and which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship. 35. Ore/Oil and Bulk Carriers – A bulk cargo ship designed to carry ore and oil enabling it thereby to be loaded in both directions. 36. Passenger Liner – A ship or vessel employed in carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. 37. Passenger Ship – A ship carrying more than twelve passengers. 38. Pilgrim Ship – A ship which makes a voyage to or from the Hedjaz during the season of the pilgrimage and which carries pilgrims in a proportion of not less than one pilgrim for every one hundred tons of the gross tonnage of the ship. 39. Port Side – Left side of a ship. 40. Reefer – A vessel with refrigerating facilities. 41. | 37 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | It is obtained by deducting from GRT the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. and which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship. | ||||
| What is the function of a liner ship? | plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. | -168- 30. Lash – Lighter abroad ship. 31. Launch – A large, heavy and beamy ship’s boat with flat floors and rather shallow draft, formerly used and designed for carrying stores and men. 32. Liner Ship – A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation to al shippers and passenger who require them. A liner company is generally engaged on trade-routes where large volume of cargo or passenger traffic is available. 33. Mooring Vessel – A vessel which is secured by moorings. 34. Net Registered Tonnage(NRT) – It refers to the earning space capacity of a ship, available for the storage of cargo and accommodation of passengers. | 216 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Liner Ship – A ship that plies on a regular schedule services between groups of ports. The ships of a liner company are common carriers, offering cargo space or passenger accommodation to al shippers and passenger who require them. | 190 | page=190,block=0 | ||
| What is the meaning of cargo tonnage or freight ton? | It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. | Bollard Pull – The amount of pull exerted on a bollard of a ship. 6. Breaking Bulk – The commencing of discharging of cargo from ship. 7. Bunker – Ship-space for storing fuel (Coal, Oil etc.). 8. Cargo Ship – A ship which is not a passenger ship. 9. Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. for a cubic metre. 10. Coaster – A vessel specially designed, equipped, manned and licensed to engage regularly in the coasting trade, whether plying coast-wise or making short sea passage within certain specified geographical limits. 11. | 278 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Cargo Tonnage/Freight Ton – It refers to the earnings cargo carried by a ship and is expressed as either a weight or measurement. In the British countries the long tons of 2240 pounds for 40 cubic feet and under the metric system as in India, the metric tonne of 1000 Kg. | ||||
| What is the primary purpose of a passenger liner? | carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. | It is obtained by deducting from GRT the cubic capacity space (taking 100 cu. feet = 1 ton) occupied by stores, fuel, machinery crew etc. and which does not represent the earning capacity of the ship. 35. Ore/Oil and Bulk Carriers – A bulk cargo ship designed to carry ore and oil enabling it thereby to be loaded in both directions. 36. Passenger Liner – A ship or vessel employed in carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. 37. Passenger Ship – A ship carrying more than twelve passengers. 38. Pilgrim Ship – A ship which makes a voyage to or from the Hedjaz during the season of the pilgrimage and which carries pilgrims in a proportion of not less than one pilgrim for every one hundred tons of the gross tonnage of the ship. 39. Port Side – Left side of a ship. 40. Reefer – A vessel with refrigerating facilities. 41. | 385 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Passenger Liner – A ship or vessel employed in carrying passengers, mail and goods at stated intervals between regular insured. 37. | 190 | page=190,block=0 | ||
| What is the purpose of a freighter ship? | to carry general cargo (with a limited passenger accommodation) operating on fixed routes with fixed sailing schedules and serving a group of ports. | 22. Freighter – A ship designed to carry general cargo (with a limited passenger accommodation) operating on fixed routes with fixed sailing schedules and serving a group of ports. 23. Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) – It applies to the vessel and not to cargo. It is the weight of the volume occupied by the closed in space of a ship taking 100 cubic feet of such closed-in- spaces as equivalent to one vessel ton. It thus refers to the cubic capacity of the vessels. 24. Gross Tonnage (GT) – GT indicates that the ship has been measured in accordance with the requirements of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 and is derived by formula in accordance with those requirements. 25. | 32 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Freighter – A ship designed to carry general cargo (with a limited passenger accommodation) operating on fixed routes with fixed sailing schedules and serving a group of ports. 23. | 189 | page=189,block=0 | ||
| What is the purpose of ballast on a ship? | Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. | 1. A Liner Conference – An organisation whereby a number of ship owners offer their services on a given seas route on conditions agreed by the members. A conference line ship is a vessel of ship owner belonging to such shipping conference. 2. Ballast – Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. Barrage – A term applied to a flag officer’s boat in naval usage, or to an elegantly fitted boat, or craft of ceremony propelled mechanically or by oars and reserved for the use of high officials when transported in State. In a legal sense a barge is usually held to be a boat or vessel and hence it is within the letter of the laws relating to such craft. 4. Bollard – Single or double cast steel post secured to a wharf or pier and used for mooring vessels by means of lines extending from the vessel and fastened to the wharf or pier. 5. | 253 | definition | 1.000 | https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/ISS%202015_compressed.pdf | Ballast – Any material intended to provide stability to the ship when it is otherwise empty. 3. | 188 | page=188,block=3 |
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