praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Only 14% of the population speaks Portuguese, established as the official language in the colonial period. Almost half the population (44%) speaks Crioulo, a Portuguese-based creole language, and the remainder speak a variety of native African languages. The main religions are African traditional religions and Islam; there is a Christian (mostly Roman Catholic) minority. The country's per-capita gross domestic product is one of the lowest in the world.

question: What percentage of the population speaks Portuguese? 

answer: 14%

question: What percentage of the population speaks Crioulo? 

answer: 44%

question: What are the two main religions? 

answer: African traditional religions and Islam

question: What is their gross domestic product status? 

answer: one of the lowest in the world

question: What is the minority religion? 

answer: Christian (mostly Roman Catholic)
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau is a member of the United Nations, African Union, Economic Community of West African States, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Latin Union, Community of Portuguese Language Countries, La Francophonie and the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone.

question: What Islamic organization does Guinea-Bissau belong to? 

answer: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

question: What Portuguese organization does Guinea-Bissau belong to? 

answer: Community of Portuguese Language Countries

question: What West African organization does Guinea-Bissau belong to? 

answer: Economic Community of West African States

question: What South Atlantic organization does Guinea-Bissau belong to? 

answer: South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone

question: What Latin organization does Guinea-Bissau belong to? 

answer: the Latin Union
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu, part of the Mali Empire; parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century. Other parts of the territory in the current country were considered by the Portuguese as part of their empire. Portuguese Guinea was known as the Slave Coast, as it was a major area for the exportation of African slaves by Europeans to the western hemisphere. Previously slaves had been traded by Arabs north to the northern part of Africa and into the Middle East.

question: What area was known as the Slave Coast? 

answer: Portuguese Guinea

question: Who exported African slaves to the western hemisphere? 

answer: Europeans

question: What kingdom was Guinea-Bissau once a part of? 

answer: Gabu

question: How long did the Mali Empire persist? 

answer: until the 18th century

question: Who traded slaves into the Middle East? 

answer: Arabs
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Early reports of Europeans reaching this area include those of the Venetian Alvise Cadamosto's voyage of 1455, the 1479–1480 voyage by Flemish-French trader Eustache de la Fosse, and Diogo Cão. In the 1480s this Portuguese explorer reached the Congo River and the lands of Bakongo, setting up the foundations of modern Angola, some 4200 km down the African coast from Guinea-Bissau.

question: When was Alvise Cadamosto's voyage? 

answer: 1455

question: When was Eustache de la Fosse's voyage? 

answer: 1479–1480

question: What was the name of the Portuguese explorer? 

answer: Diogo Cão

question: What river did Diogo Cao reach in the 1480's? 

answer: Congo River

question: What country is about 4200 km from Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: Angola
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Although the rivers and coast of this area were among the first places colonized by the Portuguese, who set up trading posts in the 16th century, they did not explore the interior until the 19th century. The local African rulers in Guinea, some of whom prospered greatly from the slave trade, controlled the inland trade and did not allow the Europeans into the interior. They kept them in the fortified coastal settlements where the trading took place. African communities that fought back against slave traders also distrusted European adventurers and would-be settlers. The Portuguese in Guinea were largely restricted to the port of Bissau and Cacheu. A small number of European settlers established isolated farms along Bissau's inland rivers.

question: What areas were the first places colonized by the Portuguese? 

answer: the rivers and coast

question: When did the Portuguese first set up trading posts in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 16th century

question: When did the Portuguese explore the interior of Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 19th century

question: Who controlled the inland trade in Guinea-Bissau during this time? 

answer: local African rulers

question: What ports were the Portuguese restricted to? 

answer: Bissau and Cacheu
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: For a brief period in the 1790s, the British tried to establish a rival foothold on an offshore island, at Bolama. But by the 19th century the Portuguese were sufficiently secure in Bissau to regard the neighbouring coastline as their own special territory, also up north in part of present South Senegal.

question: Who tried to establish a rival foothold at Bolama? 

answer: the British

question: When was a rival foothold  attempted at Bolama? 

answer: the 1790s

question: Who regarded Bolama as their own in the 19th century? 

answer: the Portuguese

question: What other area did the Portuguese regard as their special territory? 

answer: part of present South Senegal

question: What rival did the Portuguese fend off in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: the British
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: An armed rebellion beginning in 1956 by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) under the leadership of Amílcar Cabral gradually consolidated its hold on then Portuguese Guinea. Unlike guerrilla movements in other Portuguese colonies, the PAIGC rapidly extended its military control over large portions of the territory, aided by the jungle-like terrain, its easily reached borderlines with neighbouring allies, and large quantities of arms from Cuba, China, the Soviet Union, and left-leaning African countries. Cuba also agreed to supply artillery experts, doctors, and technicians. The PAIGC even managed to acquire a significant anti-aircraft capability in order to defend itself against aerial attack. By 1973, the PAIGC was in control of many parts of Guinea, although the movement suffered a setback in January 1973 when Cabral was assassinated.

question: What group started an armed rebellion in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)

question: When did the armed rebellion begin? 

answer: 1956

question: Who was the leader of the armed rebellion? 

answer: Amílcar Cabral

question: Who supplied doctors and technicians to the rebels? 

answer: Cuba

question: When was Cabral assassinated? 

answer: January 1973
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Independence was unilaterally declared on 24 September 1973. Recognition became universal following the 25 April 1974 socialist-inspired military coup in Portugal, which overthrew Lisbon's Estado Novo regime.

question: When was independence declared? 

answer: 24 September 1973

question: What date was independence considered universal?  

answer: 25 April 1974

question: What event caused the recognition to be universal? 

answer: socialist-inspired military coup

question: Where did a coup take place? 

answer: Portugal

question: Who was overthrown in the coup? 

answer: Lisbon's Estado Novo regime
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Luís Cabral, brother of Amílcar and co-founder of PAIGC, was appointed the first President of Guinea-Bissau. Following independence, the PAIGC killed thousands of local Guinean soldiers who had fought along with the Portuguese Army against guerrillas. Some escaped to settle in Portugal or other African nations. One of the massacres occurred in the town of Bissorã. In 1980 the PAIGC acknowledged in its newspaper Nó Pintcha (dated 29 November 1980) that many Gueinean soldiers had been executed and buried in unmarked collective graves in the woods of Cumerá, Portogole, and Mansabá.

question: Who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: Luís Cabral

question: How many Guinean soldiers did the PAIGC kill? 

answer: thousands

question: Where did one of the massacres occur? 

answer: Bissorã

question: When did the PAIGC acknowledge the executions? 

answer: 29 November 1980

question: Where were the soldiers buried? 

answer: Cumerá, Portogole, and Mansabá
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: The country was controlled by a revolutionary council until 1984. The first multi-party elections were held in 1994. An army uprising in May 1998 led to the Guinea-Bissau Civil War and the president's ousting in June 1999. Elections were held again in 2000, and Kumba Ialá was elected president.

question: Who controlled the country prior to 1984? 

answer: a revolutionary council

question: When were the first multi-party elections held? 

answer: 1994

question: What led to the Guinea-Bissau Civil War? 

answer: An army uprising

question: When was the president ousted? 

answer: June 1999

question: Who was elected president in the 2000 election? 

answer: Kumba Ialá
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: In September 2003, a military coup was conducted. The military arrested Ialá on the charge of being "unable to solve the problems". After being delayed several times, legislative elections were held in March 2004. A mutiny of military factions in October 2004 resulted in the death of the head of the armed forces and caused widespread unrest.

question: When was a military coup conducted? 

answer: September 2003

question: Who did the military arrest? 

answer: Ialá

question: When were legislative elections held? 

answer: March 2004

question: When did the mutiny of military factions occur? 

answer: October 2004

question: Who died in the mutiny? 

answer: the head of the armed forces
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: In June 2005, presidential elections were held for the first time since the coup that deposed Ialá. Ialá returned as the candidate for the PRS, claiming to be the legitimate president of the country, but the election was won by former president João Bernardo Vieira, deposed in the 1999 coup. Vieira beat Malam Bacai Sanhá in a runoff election. Sanhá initially refused to concede, claiming that tampering and electoral fraud occurred in two constituencies including the capital, Bissau.

question: After the coup, when were presidential elections held? 

answer: June 2005

question: At that time, who ran claiming to be the legitimate president of the country? 

answer: Ialá

question: Who won the election? 

answer: João Bernardo Vieira

question: Who did Vieira beat in a runoff election? 

answer: Malam Bacai Sanhá

question: When was Vieira, a former president, deposed? 

answer: 1999
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Despite reports of arms entering the country prior to the election and some "disturbances during campaigning," including attacks on government offices by unidentified gunmen, foreign election monitors described the 2005 election overall as "calm and organized".

question: What was reported to be entering the country prior to the election? 

answer: arms

question: What type of "disturbances" were reported during the campaign? 

answer: attacks on government offices

question: How did foreign election monitors describe the election? 

answer: "calm and organized"

question: What year was the election held? 

answer: 2005

question: Where the election monitors local, or foreign? 

answer: foreign
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Three years later, PAIGC won a strong parliamentary majority, with 67 of 100 seats, in the parliamentary election held in November 2008. In November 2008, President Vieira's official residence was attacked by members of the armed forces, killing a guard but leaving the president unharmed.

question: When was the parliamentary election held? 

answer: November 2008

question: Who won a strong majority in the election? 

answer: PAIGC

question: How many seats did PAIGC win in the election? 

answer: 67

question: Whose residence was attacked by members of the armed forces? 

answer: President Vieira's

question: When did the attack on the residence occur? 

answer: November 2008
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: On 2 March 2009, however, Vieira was assassinated by what preliminary reports indicated to be a group of soldiers avenging the death of the head of joint chiefs of staff, General Batista Tagme Na Wai. Tagme died in an explosion on Sunday, 1 March 2009, target of an assassination. Military leaders in the country pledged to respect the constitutional order of succession. National Assembly Speaker Raimundo Pereira was appointed as an interim president until a nationwide election on 28 June 2009. It was won by Malam Bacai Sanhá.

question: Who was assassinated on 2 March 2009? 

answer: Vieira

question: Who was assassinated on 1 March 2009? 

answer: General Batista Tagme Na Wai

question: Who pledged to respect the constitutional order of succession? 

answer: Military leaders

question: Who was appointed interim president? 

answer: Raimundo Pereira

question: Who won the election in June 2009? 

answer: Malam Bacai Sanhá
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: On the evening of 12 April 2012, members of the country's military staged a coup d'état and arrested the interim president and a leading presidential candidate. Former vice chief of staff, General Mamadu Ture Kuruma, assumed control of the country in the transitional period and started negotiations with opposition parties.

question: When was a coup d'etat staged? 

answer: 12 April 2012

question: Who staged the coup d'etat? 

answer: members of the country's military

question: Who assumed control of the country after the coup d'etat? 

answer: Mamadu Ture Kuruma

question: Who did Kuruma negotiate with? 

answer: opposition parties

question: What was Kuruma's former position? 

answer: vice chief of staff
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau is a republic. In the past, the government had been highly centralized. Multi-party governance was not established until mid-1991. The president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. Since 1974, no president has successfully served a full five-year term.

question: What country is listed as a republic? 

answer: Guinea-Bissau

question: When had the government been highly centralized? 

answer: In the past

question: When was multi-party governance established? 

answer: mid-1991

question: Who is the head of state? 

answer: president

question: Who is the head of government? 

answer: prime minister
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: At the legislative level, a unicameral Assembleia Nacional Popular (National People's Assembly) is made up of 100 members. They are popularly elected from multi-member constituencies to serve a four-year term. The judicial system is headed by a Tribunal Supremo da Justiça (Supreme Court), made up of nine justices appointed by the president; they serve at the pleasure of the president.

question: How many members compose the legislature? 

answer: 100

question: Is the legislature bicameral or unicameral? 

answer: unicameral

question: How long do members serve in the legislature? 

answer: four-year term

question: What is the head of the judicial system? 

answer: Tribunal Supremo da Justiça (Supreme Court)

question: How many justices are on the Supreme Court? 

answer: nine
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira was elected in 2005 as President of Guinea-Bissau as an independent, being declared winner of the second round by the CNE (Comité Nacional de Eleições). Vieira returned to power in 2005 six years after being ousted from office during a civil war. Previously, he held power for 19 years after taking power in 1980 in a bloodless coup. In that action, he toppled the government of Luís Cabral.

question: Who was elected as President in 2005? 

answer: João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira

question: What body made the declaration of who won the presidency? 

answer: CNE (Comité Nacional de Eleições)

question: How long was it since Vieira had held the office of president? 

answer: six years

question: What year did Vieira first assume power? 

answer: 1980

question: Whose government did Vieira topple in 1980? 

answer: Luís Cabral
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: He was killed on 2 March 2009, possibly by soldiers in retaliation for the assassination of General Batista Tagme Na Waie, the head of the joint chiefs of staff, killed in an explosion. Vieira's death did not trigger widespread violence, but there were signs of turmoil in the country, according to the advocacy group Swisspeace. Malam Bacai Sanhá was elected after a transition. In the 2009 election to replace the assassinated Vieira, Sanhá was the presidential candidate of the PAIGC while Kumba Ialá was the presidential candidate of the PRS.

question: What was NOT triggered by Vieira's death? 

answer: widespread violence

question: When was Vieira killed? 

answer: 2 March 2009

question: In the 2009 election, who was the candidate of the PAIGC? 

answer: Sanhá

question: In the 2009 election, who was the candidate of the PRS? 

answer: Kumba Ialá

question: Who won the 2009 election? 

answer: Sanhá
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: In 2012, President Rachide Sambu-balde Malam Bacai Sanhá died. He belonged to PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde), one of the two major political parties in Guinea-Bissau, along with the PRS (Party for Social Renewal). There are more than 20 minor parties.

question: When did President Sanha die? 

answer: 2012

question: What party did Sanha belong to? 

answer: PAIGC (African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde)

question: Besides the PAIGC, what is the other major political party? 

answer: PRS (Party for Social Renewal)

question: How many minor political parties are there? 

answer: more than 20

question: What office did Sanha hold in 2012? 

answer: President
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau is divided into eight regions (regiões) and one autonomous sector (sector autónomo). These, in turn, are subdivided into 37 Sectors. The regions are:

question: How many regions does Guinea-Bissau contain? 

answer: eight

question: How many autonomous sectors does Guinea-Bissau contain? 

answer: one

question: How many subdivided Sectors does Guinea-Bissau contain? 

answer: 37
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west. It lies mostly between latitudes 11° and 13°N (a small area is south of 11°), and longitudes 13° and 17°W.

question: What country is on the north border of Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: Senegal

question: What country is on the south border of Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: Guinea

question: What is to the west of Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: Atlantic Ocean

question: What latitudes does Guinea-Bissau mostly lie between? 

answer: 11° and 13°N

question: What longitudes does Guinea-Bissau mostly lie between? 

answer: 13° and 17°W
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: At 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi), the country is larger in size than Taiwan or Belgium. It lies at a low altitude; its highest point is 300 metres (984 ft). The terrain of is mostly low coastal plain with swamps of Guinean mangroves rising to Guinean forest-savanna mosaic in the east. Its monsoon-like rainy season alternates with periods of hot, dry harmattan winds blowing from the Sahara. The Bijagos Archipelago lies off of the mainland.

question: Guinea-Bissau is larger than what two countries? 

answer: Taiwan or Belgium

question: How high is the highest point in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 300 metres (984 ft)

question: What archipelago lies off the mainland? 

answer: Bijagos

question: How many square kilometers is Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 36,125

question: Where does Guinea-Bissau get its hot dry winds from? 

answer: the Sahara
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau is warm all year around and there is little temperature fluctuation; it averages 26.3 °C (79.3 °F). The average rainfall for Bissau is 2,024 millimetres (79.7 in) although this is almost entirely accounted for during the rainy season which falls between June and September/October. From December through April, the country experiences drought.

question: What is the average rainfall in Bissau, in millimetres? 

answer: 2,024

question: When is the rainy season in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: between June and September/October

question: What does the country experience from December through April? 

answer: drought

question: When is Guinea-Bissau warm? 

answer: all year around

question: What is the average temperature in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 26.3 °C (79.3 °F)
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau's GDP per capita is one of the lowest in the world, and its Human Development Index is one of the lowest on earth. More than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line. The economy depends mainly on agriculture; fish, cashew nuts and ground nuts are its major exports.

question: How much of the population lives below the poverty line? 

answer: More than two-thirds

question: What are Guinea-Bissau's major exports? 

answer: fish, cashew nuts and ground nuts

question: What per capita index does Guinea-Bissau rank as one of the lowest in the world? 

answer: GDP

question: For what index does Guinea-Bissau rank as one of the lowest on earth? 

answer: Human Development Index

question: What area depends on agriculture in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: The economy
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: A long period of political instability has resulted in depressed economic activity, deteriorating social conditions, and increased macroeconomic imbalances. It takes longer on average to register a new business in Guinea-Bissau (233 days or about 33 weeks) than in any other country in the world except Suriname. [The Economist, Pocket World in Figures, 2008 Edition, London: Profile Books]

question: Political instability has resulted in what type of economic activity? 

answer: depressed

question: Political instability has resulted in what description of social conditions? 

answer: deteriorating

question: What type of imbalances have increased as a result of the instability? 

answer: macroeconomic

question: How long does it take to register a business in Guinea-Bissau? 

answer: 233 days or about 33 weeks

question: What is the one country that takes longer than Guinea-Bissau to register a business? 

answer: Suriname
Title: Guinea-Bissau
Context: Guinea-Bissau has started to show some economic advances after a pact of stability was signed by the main political parties of the country, leading to an IMF-backed structural reform program. The key challenges for the country in the period ahead are to achieve fiscal discipline, rebuild public administration, improve the economic climate for private investment, and promote economic diversification. After the country became independent from Portugal in 1974 due to the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution, the rapid exodus of the Portuguese civilian, military, and political authorities resulted in considerable damage to the country's economic infrastructure, social order, and standard of living.

question: What did the main political parties sign to help the economy? 

answer: a pact of stability

question: What organization backed a structural reform program? 

answer: IMF

question: When did Guinea-Bissau become independent? 

answer: 1974

question: What country left Guinea-Bissau in 1974? 

answer: Portugal

question: What happened in Portugal that contributed to Guinea-Bissau's independence? 

answer: the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution