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In the past, the government had been highly centralized.
When had the government been highly centralized?

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[Q]: Sentence: One of the most influential early contributions was a 1959 paper titled What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain: the paper examined the visual responses of neurons in the retina and optic tectum of frogs, and came to the conclusion that some neurons in the tectum of the frog are wired to combine elementary responses in a way that makes them function as "bug perceivers". Question: Who won a Nobel Prize for the discovery that cells in the visual cortex of monkeys become active when sharp edges move? OPTIONS:
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Q: Does "About 50% of all the PCBs currently in the river are estimated to be retained in the sediment behind Woods Pond dam." provide a valid answer to "How many pounds of PCBs are estimated to be retained in the sediment behind Woods Pond dam?"?
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Problem: Does "Much of John's later, negative reputation was established by two chroniclers writing after the king's death, Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris, the latter claiming that John attempted conversion to Islam in exchange for military aid from the Almohad ruler Muhammad al-Nasir - a story which is considered to be untrue by modern historians." answer the question "John attempted conversion of what in exchange for military aid?" OPTIONS:
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Does the sentence "Most decoders are "bitstream compliant", which means that the decompressed output that they produce from a given MP3 file will be the same, within a specified degree of rounding tolerance, as the output specified mathematically in the ISO/IEC high standard document (ISO/IEC 11172-3)." provide a valid answer to the question "The ISO/IEC high standard document states that the decompressed output produced from a given MP3 file will be the same within what standards?" OPTIONS:
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A: yes

Does the sentence "A distinguishing aspect of Indian federalism is that unlike many other forms of federalism, it is asymmetric." provide a valid answer to the question "What happens with President's Rule?" OPTIONS:
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no