praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Somalis
Context: The Sultanate of Ifat, led by the Walashma dynasty with its capital at Zeila, ruled over parts of what is now eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northern Somalia. The historian al-Umari records that Ifat was situated near the Red Sea coast, and states its size as 15 days travel by 20 days travel. Its army numbered 15,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. Al-Umari also credits Ifat with seven "mother cities": Belqulzar, Kuljura, Shimi, Shewa, Adal, Jamme and Laboo.

question: What dynasty ruled the Sultanate of Ifat? 

answer: the Walashma dynasty

question: What was the capital of the Sultanate of Ifat? 

answer: Zeila

question: Along with parts of Ethiopia and Somalia, in what modern-day country was the Sultanate of Ifat located? 

answer: Djibouti

question: According to al-Umari, how many cavalry did the Sultanate of Ifat have? 

answer: 15,000

question: Near what body of water did al-Umari say Ifat was located? 

answer: the Red Sea
Title: Somalis
Context: In the Middle Ages, several powerful Somali empires dominated the regional trade including the Ajuran Sultanate, which excelled in hydraulic engineering and fortress building, the Sultanate of Adal, whose general Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmed Gurey) was the first commander to use cannon warfare on the continent during Adal's conquest of the Ethiopian Empire, and the Sultanate of the Geledi, whose military dominance forced governors of the Omani empire north of the city of Lamu to pay tribute to the Somali Sultan Ahmed Yusuf.

question: What Somali polity of the Middle Ages was known for its fortresses? 

answer: the Ajuran Sultanate

question: What state employed Abmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi? 

answer: the Sultanate of Adal

question: What was another name by which Abmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi was known? 

answer: Ahmed Gurey

question: What state did Adal conquer? 

answer: the Ethiopian Empire

question: What Somali leader received tribute from the Omani empire? 

answer: Sultan Ahmed Yusuf
Title: Somalis
Context: In the late 19th century, after the Berlin conference had ended, European empires sailed with their armies to the Horn of Africa. The imperial clouds wavering over Somalia alarmed the Dervish leader Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, who gathered Somali soldiers from across the Horn of Africa and began one of the longest anti-colonial wars ever. The Dervish State successfully repulsed the British empire four times and forced it to retreat to the coastal region. As a result of its successes against the British, the Dervish State received support from the Ottoman and German empires. The Turks also named Hassan Emir of the Somali nation, and the Germans promised to officially recognize any territories the Dervishes were to acquire. After a quarter of a century of holding the British at bay, the Dervishes were finally defeated in 1920, when Britain for the first time in Africa used airplanes to bomb the Dervish capital of Taleex. As a result of this bombardment, former Dervish territories were turned into a protectorate of Britain. Italy similarly faced the same opposition from Somali Sultans and armies and did not acquire full control of parts of modern Somalia until the Fascist era in late 1927. This occupation lasted till 1941 and was replaced by a British military administration.

question: What states supported the Dervish State? 

answer: the Ottoman and German empires

question: In what year did the British defeat the Dervishes? 

answer: 1920

question: What was the capital of the Dervish State? 

answer: Taleex

question: In what year did Fascist Italy achieve full control of Somalia? 

answer: 1927

question: In what year did the Italian occupation of Somalia end? 

answer: 1941
Title: Somalis
Context: Following World War II, Britain retained control of both British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland as protectorates. In 1945, during the Potsdam Conference, the United Nations granted Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland, but only under close supervision and on the condition — first proposed by the Somali Youth League (SYL) and other nascent Somali political organizations, such as Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali (HDMS) and the Somali National League (SNL) — that Somalia achieve independence within ten years. British Somaliland remained a protectorate of Britain until 1960.

question: Along with British Somaliland, what country in the region was a British protectorate after the Second World War? 

answer: Italian Somaliland

question: At what meeting did the United Nations give Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland? 

answer: the Potsdam Conference

question: Along with the Somali Youth League and Somali National League, what was an early Somali political organization? 

answer: Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali

question: How many years would Italy have to allow Italian Somaliland to become independent?  

answer: ten

question: In what year was the British protectorate over British Somaliland ended? 

answer: 1960
Title: Somalis
Context: To the extent that Italy held the territory by UN mandate, the trusteeship provisions gave the Somalis the opportunity to gain experience in political education and self-government. These were advantages that British Somaliland, which was to be incorporated into the new Somali state, did not have. Although in the 1950s British colonial officials attempted, through various administrative development efforts, to make up for past neglect, the protectorate stagnated. The disparity between the two territories in economic development and political experience would cause serious difficulties when it came time to integrate the two parts. Meanwhile, in 1948, under pressure from their World War II allies and to the dismay of the Somalis, the British "returned" the Haud (an important Somali grazing area that was presumably 'protected' by British treaties with the Somalis in 1884 and 1886) and the Ogaden to Ethiopia, based on a treaty they signed in 1897 in which the British ceded Somali territory to the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik in exchange for his help against plundering by Somali clans. Britain included the proviso that the Somali nomads would retain their autonomy, but Ethiopia immediately claimed sovereignty over them. This prompted an unsuccessful bid by Britain in 1956 to buy back the Somali lands it had turned over. Britain also granted administration of the almost exclusively Somali-inhabited Northern Frontier District (NFD) to Kenyan nationalists despite an informal plebiscite demonstrating the overwhelming desire of the region's population to join the newly formed Somali Republic.

question: Along with the Haud, what area of Somalia was given to Ethiopia by the British? 

answer: the Ogaden

question: In what year did the British give the Haud to Ethiopia? 

answer: 1948

question: The Ogaden was given to Ethiopia on the basis of a treaty signed by the British with what Ethiopian leader? 

answer: Emperor Menelik

question: In what year did Britain try to purchase Somali lands from Ethiopia? 

answer: 1956

question: What people constituted almost the entire population of the Northern Frontier District? 

answer: Somali
Title: Somalis
Context: A referendum was held in neighboring Djibouti (then known as French Somaliland) in 1958, on the eve of Somalia's independence in 1960, to decide whether or not to join the Somali Republic or to remain with France. The referendum turned out in favour of a continued association with France, largely due to a combined yes vote by the sizable Afar ethnic group and resident Europeans. There was also widespread vote rigging, with the French expelling thousands of Somalis before the referendum reached the polls. The majority of those who voted no were Somalis who were strongly in favour of joining a united Somalia, as had been proposed by Mahmoud Harbi, Vice President of the Government Council. Harbi was killed in a plane crash two years later. Djibouti finally gained its independence from France in 1977, and Hassan Gouled Aptidon, a Somali who had campaigned for a yes vote in the referendum of 1958, eventually wound up as Djibouti's first president (1977–1991).

question: What was Djibouti called in 1958? 

answer: French Somaliland

question: In what year did Somalia become independent? 

answer: 1960

question: What was Mahmoud Harbi's title? 

answer: Vice President of the Government Council

question: When did Djibouti achieve independence? 

answer: 1977

question: Who was the first president of Djibouti? 

answer: Hassan Gouled Aptidon
Title: Somalis
Context: British Somaliland became independent on 26 June 1960 as the State of Somaliland, and the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland) followed suit five days later. On 1 July 1960, the two territories united to form the Somali Republic, albeit within boundaries drawn up by Italy and Britain. A government was formed by Abdullahi Issa Mohamud and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal other members of the trusteeship and protectorate governments, with Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf as President of the Somali National Assembly, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as the President of the Somali Republic and Abdirashid Ali Shermarke as Prime Minister (later to become President from 1967 to 1969). On 20 July 1961 and through a popular referendum, the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution, which was first drafted in 1960. In 1967, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal became Prime Minister, a position to which he was appointed by Shermarke. Egal would later become the President of the autonomous Somaliland region in northwestern Somalia.

question: On what date did British Somaliland gain independence? 

answer: 26 June 1960

question: What was British Somaliland known as upon achieving independence? 

answer: the State of Somaliland

question: What state formed the Somali Republic with British Somaliland? 

answer: the Trust Territory of Somalia

question: On what date did the former British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland unite? 

answer: 1 July 1960

question: Who was the first President of the Somali Republic? 

answer: Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
Title: Somalis
Context: On 15 October 1969, while paying a visit to the northern town of Las Anod, Somalia's then President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke was shot dead by one of his own bodyguards. His assassination was quickly followed by a military coup d'état on 21 October 1969 (the day after his funeral), in which the Somali Army seized power without encountering armed opposition — essentially a bloodless takeover. The putsch was spearheaded by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, who at the time commanded the army.

question: On what date was Abdirashid Ali Shermarke assassinated? 

answer: 15 October 1969

question: Who assassinated Abdirashid Ali Shermarke? 

answer: one of his own bodyguards

question: On what day, the day after the funeral of Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, did a coup occur? 

answer: 21 October 1969

question: Who was the commander of the army when the coup occurred? 

answer: Mohamed Siad Barre

question: What was Mohamed Siad Barre's rank? 

answer: Major General
Title: Somalis
Context: Alongside Barre, the Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) that assumed power after President Sharmarke's assassination was led by Lieutenant Colonel Salaad Gabeyre Kediye and Chief of Police Jama Korshel. The SRC subsequently renamed the country the Somali Democratic Republic, dissolved the parliament and the Supreme Court, and suspended the constitution.

question: Along with Jama Korshel, who led the Supreme Revolutionary Council? 

answer: Salaad Gabeyre Kediye

question: What was Jama Korshel's title? 

answer: Chief of Police

question: What was the military rank of Salaad Gabeyre Kediye? 

answer: Lieutenant Colonel

question: What name did the Supreme Revolutionary Council give to Somalia? 

answer: the Somali Democratic Republic

question: Along with dissolving the Supreme Court and parliament, what action did the Supreme Revolutionary Council take? 

answer: suspended the constitution
Title: Somalis
Context: The revolutionary army established large-scale public works programs and successfully implemented an urban and rural literacy campaign, which helped dramatically increase the literacy rate. In addition to a nationalization program of industry and land, the new regime's foreign policy placed an emphasis on Somalia's traditional and religious links with the Arab world, eventually joining the Arab League (AL) in 1974. That same year, Barre also served as chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU).

question: What did the new government nationalize along with land? 

answer: industry

question: What international body did the new government join? 

answer: the Arab League

question: In what year did the new government enter the Arab League? 

answer: 1974

question: What organization would the Organization of African Unity later become? 

answer: the African Union

question: What rate did the new government's programs significantly increase? 

answer: literacy
Title: Somalis
Context: Somali people in the Horn of Africa are divided among different countries (Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and northeastern Kenya) that were artificially and some might say arbitrarily partitioned by the former imperial powers. Pan-Somalism is an ideology that advocates the unification of all ethnic Somalis once part of Somali empires such as the Ajuran Empire, the Adal Sultanate, the Gobroon Dynasty and the Dervish State under one flag and one nation. The Siad Barre regime actively promoted Pan-Somalism, which eventually led to the Ogaden War between Somalia on one side, and Ethiopia, Cuba and the Soviet Union on the other.

question: Along with Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia, in what Horn of Africa country do Somali people live? 

answer: Ethiopia

question: In what geographic portion of Kenya can Somali people be found? 

answer: northeastern

question: What is the name of the idea that believes all ethnic Somalis should live in the same country? 

answer: Pan-Somalism

question: Along with the Soviet Union, what country supported Ethiopia in its war against Somalia? 

answer: Cuba

question: What was the name of the conflict between Somalia and the Soviet Union, Cuba and Ethiopia? 

answer: the Ogaden War
Title: Somalis
Context: According to Y chromosome studies by Sanchez et al. (2005), Cruciani et al. (2004, 2007), the Somalis are paternally closely related to other Afro-Asiatic-speaking groups in Northeast Africa. Besides comprising the majority of the Y-DNA in Somalis, the E1b1b1a (formerly E3b1a) haplogroup also makes up a significant proportion of the paternal DNA of Ethiopians, Sudanese, Egyptians, Berbers, North African Arabs, as well as many Mediterranean populations. Sanchez et al. (2005) observed the M78 subclade of E1b1b in about 77% of their Somali male samples. According to Cruciani et al. (2007), the presence of this subhaplogroup in the Horn region may represent the traces of an ancient migration from Egypt/Libya. After haplogroup E1b1b, the second most frequently occurring Y-DNA haplogroup among Somalis is the West Asian haplogroup T (M70). It is observed in slightly more than 10% of Somali males. Haplogroup T, like haplogroup E1b1b, is also typically found among populations of Northeast Africa, North Africa, the Near East and the Mediterranean.

question: In what year did Sanchez publish his study on Somali ethnicity? 

answer: 2005

question: What language group speakers are ethnic Somalis closely related to? 

answer: Afro-Asiatic

question: What haplogroup is present in a significant number of Somalis? 

answer: E1b1b1a

question: Based on the presence of the M78 subclade, where do some researchers think Somalis originated? 

answer: Egypt/Libya

question: What percentage of Somali males had DNA containing the M78 subclade of E1b1b? 

answer: 77%
Title: Somalis
Context: According to mtDNA studies by Holden (2005) and Richards et al. (2006), a significant proportion of the maternal lineages of Somalis consists of the M1 haplogroup. This mitochondrial clade is common among Ethiopians and North Africans, particularly Egyptians and Algerians. M1 is believed to have originated in Asia, where its parent M clade represents the majority of mtDNA lineages. This haplogroup is also thought to possibly correlate with the Afro-Asiatic language family:

question: When did Richards publish his mtDNA research? 

answer: 2006

question: Along with Egyptians, Algerians and Somalis, what people commonly possess the M1 haplogroup? 

answer: Ethiopians

question: On what continent is the M1 haplogroup believed to have originated? 

answer: Asia

question: Who authored an mtDNA study in 2005? 

answer: Holden

question: What family of languages is the M1 haplogroup associated with? 

answer: Afro-Asiatic
Title: Somalis
Context: According to an autosomal DNA study by Hodgson et al. (2014), the Afro-Asiatic languages were likely spread across Africa and the Near East by an ancestral population(s) carrying a newly identified non-African genetic component, which the researchers dub the "Ethio-Somali". This Ethio-Somali component is today most common among Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations in the Horn of Africa. It reaches a frequency peak among ethnic Somalis, representing the majority of their ancestry. The Ethio-Somali component is most closely related to the Maghrebi non-African genetic component, and is believed to have diverged from all other non-African ancestries at least 23,000 years ago. On this basis, the researchers suggest that the original Ethio-Somali carrying population(s) probably arrived in the pre-agricultural period from the Near East, having crossed over into northeastern Africa via the Sinai Peninsula. The population then likely split into two branches, with one group heading westward toward the Maghreb and the other moving south into the Horn.

question: When did Hodgson publish his DNA study? 

answer: 2014

question: According to Hodgson, what ancestral people spread the Afro-Asiatic languages? 

answer: Ethio-Somali

question: According to Hodgson, what people is mostly descended from Ethio-Somalis? 

answer: Somalis

question: According to Hodgson, how long ago did the Ethio-Somalis diverge from other non-African ancestries? 

answer: at least 23,000 years ago

question: According to Hodgson, where did the Ethio-Somalis originate? 

answer: the Near East
Title: Somalis
Context: The analysis of HLA antigens has also helped clarify the possible background of the Somali people, as the distribution of haplotype frequencies vary among population groups. According to Mohamoud et al. (2006):

question: In what year did Mahamoud publish his research? 

answer: 2006
Title: Somalis
Context: The history of Islam in Somalia is as old as the religion itself. The early persecuted Muslims fled to various places in the region, including the city of Zeila in modern-day northern Somalia, so as to seek protection from the Quraysh. Somalis were among the first populations on the continent to embrace Islam. With very few exceptions, Somalis are entirely Muslims, the majority belonging to the Sunni branch of Islam and the Shafi`i school of Islamic jurisprudence, although a few are also adherents of the Shia Muslim denomination.

question: In what geographic part of Somalia is Zeila located? 

answer: northern

question: From whom were the early Muslims fleeing? 

answer: the Quraysh

question: Along with the Shafi'i, to what sect of Islam do most Somalis belong? 

answer: Sunni

question: What is the majority religion in Somalia? 

answer: Islam

question: A small minority of Somalis belong to what branch of Islam? 

answer: Shia
Title: Somalis
Context: Qur'anic schools (also known as dugsi) remain the basic system of traditional religious instruction in Somalia. They provide Islamic education for children, thereby filling a clear religious and social role in the country. Known as the most stable local, non-formal system of education providing basic religious and moral instruction, their strength rests on community support and their use of locally made and widely available teaching materials. The Qur'anic system, which teaches the greatest number of students relative to other educational sub-sectors, is oftentimes the only system accessible to Somalis in nomadic as compared to urban areas. A study from 1993 found, among other things, that "unlike in primary schools where gender disparity is enormous, around 40 per cent of Qur'anic school pupils are girls; but the teaching staff have minimum or no qualification necessary to ensure intellectual development of children." To address these concerns, the Somali government on its own part subsequently established the Ministry of Endowment and Islamic Affairs, under which Qur'anic education is now regulated.

question: What is another name for a Qur'anic school? 

answer: dugsi

question: What percentage of students at Qur'anic schools are female? 

answer: 40

question: What government body regulates Qur'anic education? 

answer: the Ministry of Endowment and Islamic Affairs
Title: Somalis
Context: In the Somali diaspora, multiple Islamic fundraising events are held every year in cities like Birmingham, London, Toronto and Minneapolis, where Somali scholars and professionals give lectures and answer questions from the audience. The purpose of these events is usually to raise money for new schools or universities in Somalia, to help Somalis that have suffered as a consequence of floods and/or droughts, or to gather funds for the creation of new mosques like the Abuubakar-As-Saddique Mosque, which is currently undergoing construction in the Twin cities.

question: Along with Minneapolis, London and Birmingham, what city contains a notable population of Somalis? 

answer: Toronto

question: What is the name of the mosque under construction in Minneapolis? 

answer: the Abuubakar-As-Saddique Mosque

question: Along with floods, what natural disaster often spurs Islamic fundraising? 

answer: droughts

question: Along with universities, the construction of what educational buildings are sometimes the focus of Islamic fundraising? 

answer: schools
Title: Somalis
Context: In addition, the Somali community has produced numerous important Muslim figures over the centuries, many of whom have significantly shaped the course of Islamic learning and practice in the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and well beyond.

question: Along with the Horn of Africa, what is a notable location where Somali Islamic figures have been influential? 

answer: the Arabian Peninsula
Title: Somalis
Context: The clan groupings of the Somali people are important social units, and clan membership plays a central part in Somali culture and politics. Clans are patrilineal and are often divided into sub-clans, sometimes with many sub-divisions. The tombs of the founders of the Darod, Dir and Isaaq major clans as well as the Abgaal sub-clan of the Hawiye are all located in northern Somalia. Tradition holds this general area as an ancestral homeland of the Somali people.

question: What is a basic social unit of Somali society? 

answer: clan

question: In what geographical portion of Somalia is the tomb of the founder of the Dir clan located? 

answer: northern

question: Of what clan is the Abgaal a sub-clan? 

answer: Hawiye