praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Myanmar
Context: Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts and other direct pressure on corporations by supporters of the democracy movement, have resulted in the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies. On 13 April 2012 British Prime Minister David Cameron called for the economic sanctions on Myanmar to be suspended in the wake of the pro-democracy party gaining 43 seats out of a possible 45 in the 2012 by-elections with the party leader, Aung San Suu Kyi becoming a member of the Burmese parliament.

question: How are international businesses discouraged from operating in Burma? 

answer: Sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries against the former military government, coupled with boycotts

question: What was the result for internationals companies attempting to conduct business in Burma ?  

answer: the withdrawal from the country of most US and many European companies

question: Who called for the sanctions in Burma to be given reprieve ? 

answer: British Prime Minister David Cameron

question: What did Aung San Suu Kyi become a part of in Burma ? 

answer: the Burmese parliament
Title: Myanmar
Context: Despite Western isolation, Asian corporations have generally remained willing to continue investing in the country and to initiate new investments, particularly in natural resource extraction. The country has close relations with neighbouring India and China with several Indian and Chinese companies operating in the country. Under India's Look East policy, fields of co-operation between India and Myanmar include remote sensing, oil and gas exploration, information technology, hydro power and construction of ports and buildings.

question: How do Asian countries feel about the European attitude towards Burma ? 

answer: Asian corporations have generally remained willing to continue investing in the country and to initiate new investments

question: What is a popular business for international Asian countries in Burma ? 

answer: natural resource extraction.

question: What two countries does Burma have Superior relationships with ? 

answer: India and China

question: What is the benefit to the two countries involved in the  India Look East policy ? 

answer: fields of co-operation between India and Myanmar include remote sensing, oil and gas exploration, information technology, hydro power and construction
Title: Myanmar
Context: In 2008, India suspended military aid to Myanmar over the issue of human rights abuses by the ruling junta, although it has preserved extensive commercial ties, which provide the regime with much-needed revenue. The thaw in relations began on 28 November 2011, when Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and his wife Ludmila arrived in the capital, Naypyidaw, the same day as the country received a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who also met with pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. International relations progress indicators continued in September 2012 when Aung San Suu Kyi visited to the US followed by Myanmar's reformist president visit to the United Nations.

question: Why did India stop supporting the military in Myanmar in 2008 ? 

answer: over the issue of human rights abuses by the ruling junta

question: Did the military sanctions imposed by India affect the business workings of it's relations in Burma ? 

answer: it has preserved extensive commercial ties

question: Who helped to improve the relations between India and Burma? 

answer: Belarusian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich and his wife Ludmila

question: What city in Burma was visited by the envoy from India  

answer: the capital, Naypyidaw
Title: Myanmar
Context: In May 2013, Thein Sein became the first Myanmar president to visit the White House in 47 years; the last Burmese leader to visit the White House was Ne Win in September 1966. President Barack Obama praised the former general for political and economic reforms, and the cessation of tensions between Myanmar and the United States. Political activists objected to the visit due to concerns over human rights abuses in Myanmar but Obama assured Thein Sein that Myanmar will receive US support. The two leaders discussed to release more political prisoners, the institutionalisation of political reform and rule of law, and ending ethnic conflict in Myanmar—the two governments agreed to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.

question: Who is the first official Burmese delegate to visit the white house following the 2010 elections in Burma ? 

answer: Thein Sein became the first Myanmar president to visit the White House in 47 years

question: When was the most prior visit from a Burmese representative to the  United States prior to 2010 ?  

answer: the last Burmese leader to visit the White House was Ne Win in September 1966

question: Was the visit from the Burmese delegate welcome in the United States in 2010? 

answer: Political activists objected to the visit due to concerns over human rights abuses in Myanmar

question: Did the visit to the United States result in the release of political prisoners in Burma ?  

answer: leaders discussed to release more political prisoners

question: What agreements were made in the visit to the United States by the Burmese in the 21 century ? 

answer: to sign a bilateral trade and investment framework agreement on 21 May 2013.
Title: Myanmar
Context: Myanmar has received extensive military aid from China in the past Myanmar has been a member of ASEAN since 1997. Though it gave up its turn to hold the ASEAN chair and host the ASEAN Summit in 2006, it chaired the forum and hosted the summit in 2014. In November 2008, Myanmar's political situation with neighbouring Bangladesh became tense as they began searching for natural gas in a disputed block of the Bay of Bengal. Controversy surrounding the Rohingya population also remains an issue between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

question: What country has provided Burma with the most military aid ? 

answer: Myanmar has received extensive military aid from China

question: How long has Burma participated in the group ASEAN ? 

answer: Myanmar has been a member of ASEAN since 1997

question: What year was Myanmar the host for the ASEAN conference? 

answer: hosted the summit in 2014

question: What event caused tension between Burma and Bangladesh in 2008 ? 

answer: natural gas in a disputed block of the Bay of Bengal
Title: Myanmar
Context: Myanmar's armed forces are known as the Tatmadaw, which numbers 488,000. The Tatmadaw comprises the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. The country ranked twelfth in the world for its number of active troops in service. The military is very influential in Myanmar, with all top cabinet and ministry posts usually held by military officials. Official figures for military spending are not available. Estimates vary widely because of uncertain exchange rates, but Myanmar's military forces' expenses are high. Myanmar imports most of its weapons from Russia, Ukraine, China and India.

question: What is the name of the military in Burma ? 

answer: Tatmadaw

question: How large is the military of Burma ?  

answer: numbers 488,000

question: Which traditional branches of the military does Burma have? 

answer: Army, the Navy, and the Air Force

question: What ranking does Burma hold for the number of troops currently serving on active military duty ? 

answer: The country ranked twelfth in the world for its number of active troops in service.

question: From where does Burma receive most of its military artillery ? 

answer: Myanmar imports most of its weapons from Russia, Ukraine, China and India.
Title: Myanmar
Context: Until 2005, the United Nations General Assembly annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Myanmar by consensus. But in 2006 a divided United Nations General Assembly voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Myanmar to end its systematic violations of human rights. In January 2007, Russia and China vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council calling on the government of Myanmar to respect human rights and begin a democratic transition. South Africa also voted against the resolution.

question: What did the United adopt in reference to Burma annually until 2005 ? 

answer: Until 2005, the United Nations General Assembly annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Myanmar by consensus.

question: What occurred in the United Nations general convening in 2006 ? 

answer: voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Myanmar to end its systematic violations of human rights.

question: What did China and Russia both do in 2008 ? 

answer: vetoed a draft resolution before the United Nations Security Council calling on the government of Myanmar

question: What other countries were in disagreement with the United Nations decision on Burma ? 

answer: South Africa
Title: Myanmar
Context: There is consensus that the military regime in Myanmar is one of the world's most repressive and abusive regimes. In November 2012, Samantha Power, Barack Obama's Special Assistant to the President on Human Rights, wrote on the White House blog in advance of the president's visit that "Serious human rights abuses against civilians in several regions continue, including against women and children." Members of the United Nations and major international human rights organisations have issued repeated and consistent reports of widespread and systematic human rights violations in Myanmar. The United Nations General Assembly has repeatedly called on the Burmese Military Junta to respect human rights and in November 2009 the General Assembly adopted a resolution "strongly condemning the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms" and calling on the Burmese Military Regime "to take urgent measures to put an end to violations of international human rights and humanitarian law."

question: What is the general view of Burma ? 

answer: military regime in Myanmar is one of the world's most repressive and abusive regimes

question: Who is Samantha Power? 

answer: Barack Obama's Special Assistant to the President on Human Rights

question: What did Ms Powers write concerning Burma ? 

answer: "Serious human rights abuses against civilians in several regions continue, including against women and children
Title: Myanmar
Context: International human rights organisations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have repeatedly documented and condemned widespread human rights violations in Myanmar. The Freedom in the World 2011 report by Freedom House notes, "The military junta has ... suppressed nearly all basic rights; and committed human rights abuses with impunity." In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held in Burmese prisons.

question: What are the names of some of the  human right organizations that have been involved in Burmese relations.  

answer: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

question: In 2011 what did the group Freedom House say concerning the Burma military? 

answer: The military junta has ... suppressed nearly all basic rights; and committed human rights abuses with impunity

question: How many prisoners are still held in Burma on political crimes? 

answer: In July 2013, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners indicated that there were approximately 100 political prisoners being held
Title: Myanmar
Context: Child soldiers have and continue to play a major part in the Burmese Army as well as Burmese rebel movements. The Independent reported in June 2012 that "Children are being sold as conscripts into the Burmese military for as little as $40 and a bag of rice or a can of petrol." The UN's Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, who stepped down from her position a week later, met representatives of the Government of Myanmar on 5 July 2012 and stated that she hoped the government's signing of an action plan would "signal a transformation." In September 2012, the Myanmar Armed Forces released 42 child soldiers and the International Labour Organization met with representatives of the government as well as the Kachin Independence Army to secure the release of more child soldiers. According to Samantha Power, a US delegation raised the issue of child soldiers with the government in October 2012. However, she did not comment on the government's progress towards reform in this area.

question: How are children used in the conflicts in Burma? 

answer: Child soldiers have and continue to play a major part in the Burmese Army as well as Burmese rebel movements.

question: How are children obtained for use as solders in Burma ?  

answer: Children are being sold as conscripts into the Burmese military for as little as $40 and a bag of rice or a can of petrol

question: How many child solders were released from the Burmese military in 2012 ? 

answer: the Myanmar Armed Forces released 42 child soldiers
Title: Myanmar
Context: The Rohingya people have consistently faced human rights abuses by the Burmese regime that has refused to acknowledge them as Burmese citizens (despite some of them having lived in Burma for over three generations)—the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law. The law created three categories of citizenship: citizenship, associate citizenship, and naturalised citizenship. Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee. Associate citizenship is given to those who cannot prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823, but can prove they have one grandparent, or pre-1823 ancestor, who was a citizen of another country, as well as people who applied for citizenship in 1948 and qualified then by those laws. Naturalized citizenship is only given to those who have at least one parent with one of these types of Burmese citizenship or can provide "conclusive evidence" that their parents entered and resided in Burma prior to independence in 1948. The Burmese regime has attempted to forcibly expel Rohingya and bring in non-Rohingyas to replace them—this policy has resulted in the expulsion of approximately half of the 800,000 Rohingya from Burma, while the Rohingya people have been described as "among the world's least wanted" and "one of the world's most persecuted minorities." But the origin of ‘most persecuted minority’ statement is unclear.

question: What section of the Burmese population is routinely discriminated against ? 

answer: The Rohingya people

question: When was the citizenship laws placed into effect in Burma ? 

answer: 1982

question: How does one become a full citizen in Burma ? 

answer: Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races

question: What races are considered for full citizenship in Burma? 

answer: national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee

question: What happens if one is not able to prove ancestral claim on full citizenship ? 

answer: Associate citizenship is given to those who cannot prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823

question: When did the Rohingya lose citizenship rights in Burma? 

answer: the Rohingya have been denied Burmese citizenship since the enactment of a 1982 citizenship law

question: How is the decision made on who gets full citizenship rights in Burma? 

answer: Citizenship is given to those who belong to one of the national races

question: What races are considered to be the of the the national races in Burma ?  

answer: national races such as Kachin, Kayah (Karenni), Karen, Chin, Burman, Mon, Rakhine, Shan, Kaman, or Zerbadee.

question: How can one prove their race in Burma ? 

answer: prove their ancestors settled in Myanmar before 1823

question: How many of the  Rohingya people have new changes in citizenship caused to become refugees ?  

answer: expulsion of approximately half of the 800,000 Rohingya from Burma,
Title: Myanmar
Context: In 2007 the German professor Bassam Tibi suggested that the Rohingya conflict may be driven by an Islamist political agenda to impose religious laws, while non-religious causes have also been raised, such as a lingering resentment over the violence that occurred during the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II—during this time period the British allied themselves with the Rohingya and fought against the puppet government of Burma (composed mostly of Bamar Japanese) that helped to establish the Tatmadaw military organisation that remains in power as of March 2013.

question: What is believed to be one of the potential religious instigators for the stiff in Burma against a certain race ? 

answer: suggested that the Rohingya conflict may be driven by an Islamist political agenda to impose religious laws

question: Who occupied Burma during the Second World War ? 

answer: the Japanese

question: What system of militaristic management exists in Burma? 

answer: the Tatmadaw

question: What may have caused negative feeling to still linger among the different races of the Burmese people ? 

answer: lingering resentment over the violence that occurred during the Japanese occupation

question: Who did the British choose to back in Burma during WWII ? 

answer: British allied themselves with the Rohingya
Title: Myanmar
Context: Since the democratic transition began in 2011, there has been continuous violence as 280 people have been killed and 140,000 forced to flee from their homes in the Rakhine state. A UN envoy reported in March 2013 that unrest had re-emerged between Myanmar's Buddhist and Muslim communities, with violence spreading to towns that are located closer to Yangon. The BBC News media outlet obtained video footage of a man with severe burns who received no assistance from passers-by or police officers even though he was lying on the ground in a public area. The footage was filmed by members of the Burmese police force in the town of Meiktila and was used as evidence that Buddhists continued to kill Muslims after the European Union sanctions were lifted on 23 April 2013.

question: Has the violence in Burma decreased over the years as the country has tried made democratic strides ? 

answer: Since the democratic transition began in 2011, there has been continuous violence as 280 people have been killed and 140,000 forced to flee

question: Are the separate religious factions in Burma able to peacefully coexist ? 

answer: unrest had re-emerged between Myanmar's Buddhist and Muslim communities, with violence

question: What news company  discovered visual evidence of the disdain exhibited by civil employees and civilians in Burma ? 

answer: BBC News media outlet obtained video footage of a man with severe burns who received no assistance from passers-by or police officers

question: Who recorded the visual evidence on the disdainful incident? 

answer: footage was filmed by members of the Burmese police force in the town of Meiktila

question: Who was the videotape used as evidence against in Burma ? 

answer: used as evidence that Buddhists continued to kill Muslims after the European Union sanctions were lifted on 23 April 2013.
Title: Myanmar
Context: The immediate cause of the riots is unclear, with many commentators citing the killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine after the rape and murder of a Rakhine woman as the main cause. Whole villages have been "decimated". Over 300 houses and a number of public buildings have been razed. According to Tun Khin, the president of the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK), as of 28 June 2012, 650 Rohingyas have been killed, 1,200 are missing, and more than 80,000 have been displaced. According to the Myanmar authorities, the violence, between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, left 78 people dead, 87 injured, and thousands of homes destroyed. It displaced more than 52,000 people.

question: What was believed to be one of the Burma reasons for the unrest in 2012 ? 

answer: many commentators citing the killing of ten Burmese Muslims by ethnic Rakhine

question: How many are believed to have been uprooted by this unrest ? 

answer: It displaced more than 52,000 people

question: Who is the president of the BROUK's UK division? 

answer: Tun Khin

question: How many people where missing after the 2012 Burma civil unrest ? 

answer: 1,200 are missing
Title: Myanmar
Context: The government has responded by imposing curfews and by deploying troops in the regions. On 10 June 2012, a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine, allowing the military to participate in administration of the region. The Burmese army and police have been accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims through mass arrests and arbitrary violence. A number of monks' organisations that played a vital role in Myanmar's struggle for democracy have taken measures to block any humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya community.

question: What have the military and law enforcement been denounced for in the matter of  summer of 2012 ? 

answer: The Burmese army and police have been accused of targeting Rohingya Muslims through mass arrests and arbitrary violence

question: How have the friar organizations contributed to the struggle in Burma? 

answer: monks' organisations that played a vital role in Myanmar's struggle for democracy have taken measures to block any humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya

question: What happened in Rakhine in the summer of 2012 that had severe implications on the running of the location? 

answer: On 10 June 2012, a state of emergency was declared in Rakhine, allowing the military to participate in administration of the region

question: How did the Burmese government respond to the unrest in 2012 ? 

answer: The government has responded by imposing curfews and by deploying troops in the regions