| ---
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| language:
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| - bn
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| license: mit
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| size_categories:
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| - 1K<n<10K
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| task_categories:
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| - question-answering
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| - multiple-choice
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| tags:
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| - bangla
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| - bengali
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| - mcq
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| - quiz
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| - education
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| - history
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| - geography
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| - economics
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| - social-studies
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| - politics
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| - law
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| pretty_name: SomajGyaan - Bangla MCQ Dataset
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| ---
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| # SomajGyaan (সমাজজ্ঞান) - Bangla MCQ Dataset
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| [](https://huggingface.co/datasets/farihashifa/SOMAJGYAAN)
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| ## 📊 Dataset Description
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| **SomajGyaan (সমাজজ্ঞান)** is a comprehensive Bangla multiple-choice question dataset featuring **4,234 questions** across 7 academic categories with **~12,000 unique answer options**.
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| ### Dataset Summary
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| - **Total Questions:** 4,234
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| - **Unique Answer Options:** ~12,000
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| - **Answer Diversity:** 70.8%
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| - **Language:** Bangla (Bengali)
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| - **Categories:** 7 (History, Economics, Geography, Politics, Social Studies, Law, Miscellaneous)
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| - **Task:** Multiple Choice Question Answering
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| - **Format:** CSV
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| ---
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| ## 📁 Dataset Structure
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| ### Data Fields
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| | Field | Type | Description |
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| |-------|------|-------------|
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| | `Question` | string | The question text in Bangla |
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| | `Category` | string | Subject category (History, Economics, Geography, etc.) |
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| | `A` | string | Multiple choice option A |
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| | `B` | string | Multiple choice option B |
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| | `C` | string | Multiple choice option C |
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| | `D` | string | Multiple choice option D |
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| | `Answer` | string | Correct answer (A/B/C/D) |
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| ---
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| ## 📋 Dataset Examples
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|
| ### 1. History 🏛️ (30.8%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "১৯৫২ সালে পূর্ববাংলার মুখ্যমন্ত্রী কে ছিলেন?",
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| "Category": "History",
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| "A": "খাজা নাজিমুদ্দিন",
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| "B": "নুরুল আমিন",
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| "C": "আতাউর রহমান খান",
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| "D": "আবু হোসেন সরকার",
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| "Answer": "B"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** Who was the Chief Minister of East Bengal in 1952?
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| **Correct Answer:** B - নুরুল আমিন (Nurul Amin)
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|
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| ---
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| ### 2. Economics 💰 (22.2%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "বাংলাদেশের প্রথম অর্থ বছর ছিল--",
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| "Category": "Economics",
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| "A": "জানুয়ারি-মার্চ ১৯৭৩",
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| "B": "মার্চ-এপ্রিল ১৯৭৩",
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| "C": "মে-জুন ১৯৭৩",
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| "D": "জুন-জুলাই ১৯৭৩",
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| "Answer": "B"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** Bangladesh's first fiscal year was --
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| **Correct Answer:** B - মার্চ-এপ্রিল ১৯৭৩ (March-April 1973)
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|
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| ---
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|
| ### 3. Geography 🌍 (15.7%)
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| ```json
|
| {
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| "Question": "মুহম্মদ বিন তুঘলক রাজধানী স্থানান্তর করেন ---",
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| "Category": "Geography",
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| "A": "করাটাতে",
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| "B": "দেবগিরিতে",
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| "C": "নগর কোটে",
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| "D": "ঘোড়াশালে",
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| "Answer": "B"
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| }
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| ```
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|
| **Translation:** Muhammad bin Tughlaq transferred the capital to ---
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| **Correct Answer:** B - দেবগিরিতে (Devagiri)
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| ---
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| ### 4. Politics ⚖️ (13.8%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "কোন দেশে বাংলাদেশের দূতাবাস নেই?",
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| "Category": "Politics",
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| "A": "Bhutan",
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| "B": "Maldives",
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| "C": "Sri Lanka",
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| "D": "Myanmar",
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| "Answer": "B"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** In which country does Bangladesh not have an embassy?
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| **Correct Answer:** B - Maldives
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|
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| ---
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| ### 5. Social Studies 👥 (7.9%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "টোডরমেলের নাম কোন সংস্কারের সঙ্গে জড়িত?",
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| "Category": "Social Studies",
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| "A": "ধর্মীয়",
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| "B": "সামরিক",
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| "C": "রাজস্ব",
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| "D": "সামাজিক",
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| "Answer": "C"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** Todar Mal's name is associated with which reform?
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| **Correct Answer:** C - রাজস্ব (Revenue/Taxation)
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| ---
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| ### 6. Miscellaneous 📚 (5.2%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "শিক্ষক পাঠদানের জন্য ব্যবহার করেন-",
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| "Category": "MISC",
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| "A": "দেওয়াল মানচিত্র",
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| "B": "ভূসংস্থান",
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| "C": "[Option C]",
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| "D": "[Option D]",
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| "Answer": "A"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** Teachers use for teaching -
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| **Correct Answer:** A - দেওয়াল মানচিত্র (Wall map)
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|
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| ---
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| ### 7. Law 📜 (4.4%)
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| ```json
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| {
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| "Question": "স্থানীয় সরকার গণতান্ত্রিক শাসনব্যবস্থায় অপরিহার্য। এর কারণ কী?",
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| "Category": "Law",
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| "A": "জনগণের প্রত্যক্ষ অংশগ্রহণ",
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| "B": "জনগণের চাহিদাপূরণ",
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| "C": "জনগণের উন্নতি",
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| "D": "জাতীয় সংসদ গঠন",
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| "Answer": "A"
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| }
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| ```
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| **Translation:** Local government is essential in democratic governance. What is the reason?
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| **Correct Answer:** A - জনগণের প্রত্যক্ষ অংশগ্রহণ (Direct participation of the people)
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|
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| ---
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| ## 📊 Dataset Statistics
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| ### Overall Metrics
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| | Metric | Value |
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| |--------|-------|
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| | **Total Questions** | 4,234 |
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| | **Unique Answer Options** | ~12,000 |
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| | **Answer Diversity** | 70.8% |
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| | **Categories** | 7 |
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| | **Format** | CSV |
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| | **Language** | Bangla (bn) |
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| ### Category Distribution
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| | Category | Questions | % of Total |
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| |----------|-----------|------------|
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| | **History** | 1,304 | 30.8% |
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| | **Economics** | 940 | 22.2% |
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| | **Geography** | 665 | 15.7% |
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| | **Politics** | 584 | 13.8% |
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| | **Social Studies** | 334 | 7.9% |
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| | **Miscellaneous** | 220 | 5.2% |
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| | **Law** | 187 | 4.4% |
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| <!--
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| ---
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| ## 📄 License
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| This dataset is released under the **MIT License**. -->
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|
| ---
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| ## 📚 Citation
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| ```json
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| @inproceedings{shifa2025somajgyaan, |
| title={SOMAJGYAAN: A dataset for evaluating LLMs on Bangla culture, social knowledge, and low-resource language adaptation}, |
| author={Shifa, Fariha Anjum and Shochcho, Muhtasim Ibteda and Arean, Abdullah Ibne Hanif and Rahman, Mohammad Ashfaq Ur and Mazumder, Akm Moshiur Rahman and Faiak, Ahaj Mahhin and Fahim, Md and Amin, M Ashraful and Ali, Amin Ahsan and Rahman, Akmmahbubur}, |
| booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing and the 4th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics}, |
| pages={2157--2177}, |
| year={2025} |
| }
|
|
|
| ```
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| ---
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| ## 📧 Contact
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| - **Email:** farihaanjum.shifa@gmail.com
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| ---
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| <div align="center">
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| **⭐ If you find this dataset useful, please consider giving it a star! ⭐**
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| Made with ❤️ for the Bangla NLP community
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| **সমাজজ্ঞান (SomajGyaan) - Social Knowledge in Bangla**
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| </div> |
