praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: Myanmar
Context: Burmese, the mother tongue of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar, is related to Tibetan and Chinese language. It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters, which were adapted from the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century. The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century. It is also used to write Pali, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism, as well as several ethnic minority languages, including Shan, several Karen dialects, and Kayah (Karenni), with the addition of specialised characters and diacritics for each language.

question: What is the matriarchal brogue of Burma that became the countries' standard vernacular ? 

answer: Burmese

question: Which two vernaculars hold relation to the official language? 

answer: Tibetan and Chinese language

question: How is the recognized official language of Burma displayed ?  

answer: It is written in a script consisting of circular and semi-circular letters

question: On what is the visual display of the language a subset of  ?  

answer: the Mon script, which in turn was developed from a southern Indian script in the 5th century

question: From when are the  first impressions of the visually displayed language ? 

answer: The earliest known inscriptions in the Burmese script date from the 11th century.
Title: Myanmar
Context: Many religions are practised in Myanmar. Religious edifices and orders have been in existence for many years. Festivals can be held on a grand scale. The Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution and it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army or get government jobs, the main route to success in the country. Such persecution and targeting of civilians is particularly notable in Eastern Myanmar, where over 3000 villages have been destroyed in the past ten years. More than 200,000 Muslims have fled to Bangladesh over the last 20 years to escape Islamophobic persecution.

question: Does Burma have more than one religion ? 

answer: Many religions are practised in Myanmar

question: Are public displays allowed for the celebration of religion in Myanmar ? 

answer: Festivals can be held on a grand scale.

question: Are all welcomed to practice faith openly in Burma  

answer: Christian and Muslim populations do, however, face religious persecution

question: Can anyone in Burma Join the military forces in Burma ? 

answer: it is hard, if not impossible, for non-Buddhists to join the army

question: What are the best routes for career achievement in Burma ? 

answer: join the army or get government jobs, the main route to success in the country.
Title: Myanmar
Context: According to Pew Research, 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions, including Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and East Asian religions. However, according to a US State Department's 2010 international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population. Independent researchers put the Muslim population at 6 to 10% of the population[citation needed]. Jehovah's Witnesses have been present since 1914 and have about 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon publishing in 16 languages. A tiny Jewish community in Rangoon had a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services.

question: What part of the populace does not  identify with conformists religious  majority? 

answer: 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions

question: Are these percentages an accurate estimate of nonconformists religious  groups ? 

answer: international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population.

question: How many dwelling are dedicated to the worship of the faith Jehovah's Witnesses ? 

answer: 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon

question: How many dialects are the publications distributed by the Jehovah Witness available in ? 

answer: 16 languages

question: What problem presented itself to the Jewish locale in Rangoon ? 

answer: a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services
Title: Myanmar
Context: The educational system of Myanmar is operated by the government agency, the Ministry of Education. The education system is based on the United Kingdom's system due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar. Nearly all schools are government-operated, but there has been a recent increase in privately funded English language schools. Schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school, approximately about 9 years old, while the compulsory schooling age is 15 or 16 at international level.

question: Who runs the school system in Myanmar ? 

answer: the Ministry of Education

question: What country is Burma to credit for its academic system ? 

answer: United Kingdom's

question: Why is this country so influential to the Burma academics ? 

answer: due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar.

question: Are there any alternatives to the public school system in Burma ? 

answer: privately funded English language schoo

question: Are children required to go to school or can they choose to stay at home and work ? 

answer: Schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school
Title: Myanmar
Context: A diverse range of indigenous cultures exist in Myanmar, the majority culture is primarily Buddhist and Bamar. Bamar culture has been influenced by the cultures of neighbouring countries. This is manifested in its language, cuisine, music, dance and theatre. The arts, particularly literature, have historically been influenced by the local form of Theravada Buddhism. Considered the national epic of Myanmar, the Yama Zatdaw, an adaptation of India's Ramayana, has been influenced greatly by Thai, Mon, and Indian versions of the play. Buddhism is practised along with nat worship, which involves elaborate rituals to propitiate one from a pantheon of 37 nats.

question: What are the pervasive culture that is sanctioned in Burma ? 

answer: the majority culture is primarily Buddhist and Bamar.

question: Have these cultures developed on there own over time ? 

answer: Bamar culture has been influenced by the cultures of neighbouring countries

question: What type of effect did Theravada Buddhism.have on Bamar? 

answer: The arts, particularly literature, have historically been influenced by the local form of Theravada Buddhism

question: What is the connection between an insect that has devotional following and Buddhism ? 

answer: Buddhism is practised along with nat worship, which involves elaborate rituals to propitiate one from a pantheon of 37 nats.
Title: Myanmar
Context: In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life. Monks are venerated and supported by the lay people. A novitiation ceremony called shinbyu is the most important coming of age events for a boy, during which he enters the monastery for a short time. All male children in Buddhist families are encouraged to be a novice (beginner for Buddhism) before the age of twenty and to be a monk after the age of twenty. Girls have ear-piercing ceremonies (နားသ) at the same time. Burmese culture is most evident in villages where local festivals are held throughout the year, the most important being the pagoda festival. Many villages have a guardian nat, and superstition and taboos are commonplace.

question: Customarily where is the expected place in the lives of the people for the home of monks in Burma ? 

answer: In a traditional village, the monastery is the centre of cultural life.

question: What event is exceedingly relevant for young males that involves monks in Burma ?  

answer: A novitiation ceremony called shinbyu

question: What do girls of the village get in comparison the the young male event ? 

answer: Girls have ear-piercing ceremonies (နားသ) at the same time.

question: What is the biggest celebration held in local events in Burma ? 

answer: the most important being the pagoda festival

question: What do many villages have that protects them in times of imminent or impending danger ? 

answer: Many villages have a guardian nat
Title: Myanmar
Context: British colonial rule introduced Western elements of culture to Burma. Burma's education system is modelled after that of the United Kingdom. Colonial architectural influences are most evident in major cities such as Yangon. Many ethnic minorities, particularly the Karen in the southeast and the Kachin and Chin who populate the north and northeast, practice Christianity. According to the The World Factbook, the Burman population is 68% and the ethnic groups constitute 32%. However, the exiled leaders and organisations claims that ethnic population is 40%, which is implicitly contrasted with CIA report (official US report).

question: What evidence of previous rule is evident in the buildings in Burma ? 

answer: Colonial architectural influences are most evident in major cities

question: What part of the Burmese population is considered not a part of the mainstream group? 

answer: ethnic groups constitute 32%

question: Do opinions differ on the numbers for that population is considered not a part of the mainstream 

answer: exiled leaders and organisations claims that ethnic population is 40%, which is implicitly contrasted with CIA report (official US report).

question: What is the name of the group that reported the information regarding the populace in Burma ? 

answer: The World Factbook
Title: Myanmar
Context: Mohinga is the traditional breakfast dish and is Myanmar's national dish. Seafood is a common ingredient in coastal cities such as Sittwe, Kyaukpyu, Mawlamyaing (formerly Moulmein), Mergui (Myeik) and Dawei, while meat and poultry are more commonly used in landlocked cities like Mandalay. Freshwater fish and shrimp have been incorporated into inland cooking as a primary source of protein and are used in a variety of ways, fresh, salted whole or filleted, salted and dried, made into a salty paste, or fermented sour and pressed.

question: What is the time-honored dish served for the morning meal in Burma ? 

answer: Mohinga is the traditional breakfast dish

question: What is most commonly enjoyed to eat along the coast of Myanmar ? 

answer: Seafood is a common ingredient in coastal cities

question: Where is the most chicken enjoyed in Burma ? 

answer: landlocked cities

question: What is considered as an alternative to tofu for the valuable ingredient it holds for those not living near water in BUrma? 

answer: Freshwater fish and shrimp have been incorporated into inland cooking as a primary source of protein

question: What are popular ways that fish are used in Burma ? 

answer: fresh, salted whole or filleted, salted and dried, made into a salty paste, or fermented sour and pressed.
Title: Myanmar
Context: Myanmar's first film was a documentary of the funeral of Tun Shein — a leading politician of the 1910s, who campaigned for Burmese independence in London. The first Burmese silent film Myitta Ne Thuya (Love and Liquor) in 1920 which proved a major success, despite its poor quality due to a fixed camera position and inadequate film accessories. During the 1920s and 1930s, many Burmese-owned film companies made and produced several films. The first Burmese sound film was produced in 1932 in Bombay, India with the title Ngwe Pay Lo Ma Ya (Money Can't Buy It). After World War II, Burmese cinema continued to address political themes. Many of the films produced in the early Cold War era had a strong propaganda element to them.

question: What was the first motion picture about someone's life filmed in Myanmar ? 

answer: Myanmar's first film was a documentary of the funeral of Tun Shein

question: Why was this film relevant enough to be the first ? 

answer: Tun Shein — a leading politician of the 1910s, who campaigned for Burmese independence in London.

question: Before the advent of talking pictures, what was the name of the first movie in Myanmar and when was it 's debut ? 

answer: first Burmese silent film Myitta Ne Thuya (Love and Liquor) in 1920

question: Following the end of the second World War, what was a still a popular theme among films makers in Burma ? 

answer: After World War II, Burmese cinema continued to address political themes

question: Where any of the Burmese films ever used as an instrument to influence the people ? 

answer: Many of the films produced in the early Cold War era had a strong propaganda element to them.
Title: Jews
Context: Jews originated as a national and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel. The Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel, associated with the god El, somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE. The Israelites, as an outgrowth of the Canaanite population, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the Kingdom of Israel, and the Kingdom of Judah. Some consider that these Canaanite sedentary Israelites melded with incoming nomadic groups known as 'Hebrews'. Though few sources in the Bible mention the exilic periods in detail, the experience of diaspora life, from the Ancient Egyptian rule over the Levant, to Assyrian Captivity and Exile, to Babylonian Captivity and Exile, to Seleucid Imperial rule, to the Roman occupation, and the historical relations between Israelites and the homeland, became a major feature of Jewish history, identity and memory.

question: Which group originated as a national and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel? 

answer: Jews

question: Who consolidated their hold with the emergence of the Kingdom of Israel, and the kingdom of Judah? 

answer: Israelites

question: What were incoming nomadic groups known as? 

answer: Hebrews

question: When did Jews originate as a national and religious group in the Middle East? 

answer: during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel

question: What appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel? 

answer: The Merneptah Stele
Title: Jews
Context: According to a report published in 2014, about 43% of all Jews reside in Israel (6.1 million), and 40% in the United States (5.7 million), with most of the remainder living in Europe (1.4 million) and Canada (0.4 million). These numbers include all those who self-identified as Jews in a socio-demographic study or were identified as such by a respondent in the same household. The exact world Jewish population, however, is difficult to measure. In addition to issues with census methodology, disputes among proponents of halakhic, secular, political, and ancestral identification factors regarding who is a Jew may affect the figure considerably depending on the source.

question: What percentage of Jews reside in Israel? 

answer: 43%

question: What percentage of Jews reside in the U.S.? 

answer: 40%

question: How many Jews live in Europe? 

answer: 1.4 million

question: How many Jews live in Canada? 

answer: 0.4 million

question: What is one reason the world population of Jews difficult to determine? 

answer: issues with census methodology
Title: Jews
Context: The etymological equivalent is in use in other languages, e.g., يَهُودِيّ yahūdī (sg.), al-yahūd (pl.), and بَنُو اِسرَائِيل banū isrāʼīl in Arabic, "Jude" in German, "judeu" in Portuguese, "juif" in French, "jøde" in Danish and Norwegian, "judío" in Spanish, "jood" in Dutch, etc., but derivations of the word "Hebrew" are also in use to describe a Jew, e.g., in Italian (Ebreo), in Persian ("Ebri/Ebrani" (Persian: عبری/عبرانی‎‎)) and Russian (Еврей, Yevrey). The German word "Jude" is pronounced [ˈjuːdə], the corresponding adjective "jüdisch" [ˈjyːdɪʃ] (Jewish) is the origin of the word "Yiddish". (See Jewish ethnonyms for a full overview.)

question: What is the origin of the word Yiddish? 

answer: Jude

question: What is another word to describe a Jew? 

answer: Ebreo

question: What is a Russian word used to describe a Jew? 

answer: Еврей, Yevrey

question: Ebreo is an Italian word derivation of what word? 

answer: Hebrew
Title: Jews
Context: According to the Hebrew Bible narrative, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the Biblical matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Jacob and his family migrated to Ancient Egypt after being invited to live with Jacob's son Joseph by the Pharaoh himself. The patriarchs' descendants were later enslaved until the Exodus led by Moses, traditionally dated to the 13th century BCE, after which the Israelites conquered Canaan.[citation needed]

question: Name one person that Jewish ancestry traced back to? 

answer: Abraham

question: Where did Jacob and his family migrate to? 

answer: Ancient Egypt

question: Who led the Exodus? 

answer: Moses

question: Who was Jacob's son? 

answer: Joseph

question: Who was Joseph's father? 

answer: Jacob
Title: Jews
Context: Modern archaeology has largely discarded the historicity of the Patriarchs and of the Exodus story, with it being reframed as constituting the Israelites' inspiring national myth narrative. The Israelites and their culture, according to the modern archaeological account, did not overtake the region by force, but instead branched out of the Canaanite peoples and culture through the development of a distinct monolatristic — and later monotheistic — religion centered on Yahweh, one of the Ancient Canaanite deities. The growth of Yahweh-centric belief, along with a number of cultic practices, gradually gave rise to a distinct Israelite ethnic group, setting them apart from other Canaanites. The Canaanites themselves are archeologically attested in the Middle Bronze Age, while the Hebrew language is the last extant member of the Canaanite languages. In the Iron Age I period (1200–1000 BCE) Israelite culture was largely Canaanite in nature.

question: Which culture was largely Canaanite in nature? 

answer: Israelite

question: What is one of the Ancient Canaanite deities? 

answer: Yahweh

question: The period of time from 1200 to 1000 BCE is known as what? 

answer: Iron Age
Title: Jews
Context: Although the Israelites were divided into Twelve Tribes, the Jews (being one offshoot of the Israelites, another being the Samaritans) are traditionally said to descend mostly from the Israelite tribes of Judah (from where the Jews derive their ethnonym) and Benjamin, and partially from the tribe of Levi, who had together formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and the remnants of the northern Kingdom of Israel who migrated to the Kingdom of Judah and assimilated after the 720s BCE, when the Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

question: What group was divided into Twelve Tribes? 

answer: Israelites

question: When was the Kingdom of Israel conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire? 

answer: after the 720s BCE

question: From where do the Jews derive their ethonynm? 

answer: Israelite tribes of Judah
Title: Jews
Context: Israelites enjoyed political independence twice in ancient history, first during the periods of the Biblical judges followed by the United Monarchy.[disputed – discuss] After the fall of the United Monarchy the land was divided into Israel and Judah. The term Jew originated from the Roman "Judean" and denoted someone from the southern kingdom of Judah. The shift of ethnonym from "Israelites" to "Jews" (inhabitant of Judah), although not contained in the Torah, is made explicit in the Book of Esther (4th century BCE), a book in the Ketuvim, the third section of the Jewish Tanakh. In 587 BC Nebuchadnezzar II, King of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem, destroyed the First Temple, and deported the most prominent citizens of Judah. In 586 BC, Judah itself ceased to be an independent kingdom, and its remaining Jews were left stateless. The Babylonian exile ended in 539 BCE when the Achaemenid Empire conquered Babylon and Cyrus the Great allowed the exiled Jews to return to Yehud and rebuild their Temple. The Second Temple was completed in 515 BCE. Yehud province was a peaceful part of the Achaemenid Empire until the fall of the Empire in c. 333 BCE to Alexander the Great. Jews were also politically independent during the Hasmonean dynasty spanning from 140 to 37 BCE and to some degree under the Herodian dynasty from 37 BCE to 6 CE. Since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, most Jews have lived in diaspora. As an ethnic minority in every country in which they live (except Israel), they have frequently experienced persecution throughout history, resulting in a population that has fluctuated both in numbers and distribution over the centuries.[citation needed]

question: How many times did Israelites have political independence in ancient history?  

answer: twice

question: From where did the term Jews originate? 

answer: Roman "Judean

question: When was land divided into Israel and Judah? 

answer: After the fall of the United Monarchy

question: Inhabitants of Judah are known as what? 

answer: Jews

question: When did the Babylonian exile end? 

answer: 539 BCE
Title: Jews
Context: Genetic studies on Jews show that most Jews worldwide bear a common genetic heritage which originates in the Middle East, and that they bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of the Fertile Crescent. The genetic composition of different Jewish groups shows that Jews share a common genetic pool dating back 4,000 years, as a marker of their common ancestral origin. Despite their long-term separation and beside their shared genetic origin, Jews also maintained a common culture, tradition, and language.

question: Genetic studies show that Jews bear their strongest resemblance to the peoples of where? 

answer: Fertile Crescent

question: How far back does the Jews' shared common genetic pool date? 

answer: 4,000 years

question: Most Jews share a common genetic heritage that originates from what place? 

answer: Middle East
Title: Jews
Context: The Hebrew Bible, a religious interpretation of the traditions and early national history of the Jews, established the first of the Abrahamic religions, which are now practiced by 54% of the world. Judaism guides its adherents in both practice and belief, and has been called not only a religion, but also a "way of life," which has made drawing a clear distinction between Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish identity rather difficult. Throughout history, in eras and places as diverse as the ancient Hellenic world, in Europe before and after The Age of Enlightenment (see Haskalah), in Islamic Spain and Portugal, in North Africa and the Middle East, India, China, or the contemporary United States and Israel, cultural phenomena have developed that are in some sense characteristically Jewish without being at all specifically religious. Some factors in this come from within Judaism, others from the interaction of Jews or specific communities of Jews with their surroundings, others from the inner social and cultural dynamics of the community, as opposed to from the religion itself. This phenomenon has led to considerably different Jewish cultures unique to their own communities, each as authentically Jewish as the next.

question: What book is considered a religious interpretation of the traditions and early national history of the Jews? 

answer: The Hebrew Bible

question: What religions are now practiced by 54% of the world? 

answer: Abrahamic religions

question: What is the Hebrew Bible? 

answer: a religious interpretation of the traditions and early national history of the Jews