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sciq
|
sciq_01_02413
|
Upon entering the vestibular canal, the pressure waves push down on what duct?
|
[
"the cochlear",
"the implant",
"the regrowth",
"the bile"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_00376
|
How many types of bosons are there?
|
[
"three",
"one",
"four",
"five"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_06676
|
What is the term for a substance that causes the speed of a reaction to increase?
|
[
"monite",
"indicate",
"catalyst",
"component"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_04106
|
Wind can
|
[
"feel emotions like love",
"turn a statue to dust",
"raise a family of four",
"have a baby child"
] |
B
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_02353
|
Instinctive behavior may be viewed when observing
|
[
"freshly hatched turtles seeking water",
"birds being trained to play games",
"cats being fed salami",
"dogs riding in cars"
] |
A
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04407
|
Fructose intolerance is due to:
|
[
"Fructose only",
"Fructose and Glucose",
"Maltose",
"Sucrose"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_01424
|
Most common type of shock in surgical practice:-
|
[
"Cardiogenic",
"Hypovolemic",
"Neurogenic",
"Septic shock"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_10990
|
What type of particles can a beta particle be?
|
[
"electron or positron",
"cytoplasm or positron",
"diode or positron",
"anode or positron"
] |
A
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_01110
|
A patient presents with symptoms of hypoglycemia. Investigations reveal decreased blood glucose and increased insulin levels. The c-peptide assay is done which shows normal levels of C-peptide. The most likely diagnosis is -
|
[
"Insulinoma",
"Accidental sulfonylurea ingestion",
"Accidental exogenous insulin administration",
"Accidental metformin ingestion"
] |
C
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_01239
|
Long term complication (>10yr) renal transplantation is/are -
|
[
"Bacterial infection",
"Malignancy",
"Viral infection",
"Acute graft versus host reaction"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_02706
|
Which of the following condition has a propensity to invade the poal or hepatic vein?
|
[
"Cavernous hemangioma",
"Hepatocellular carcinoma",
"Focal nodular hyperplasia",
"Hepatic adenoma"
] |
B
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_01418
|
wink , inc . follows a certain procedure that requires two tasks to be finished independently in order for a job to be done . on any given day , there is a 2 / 3 probability that task 1 will be completed on time , and a 3 / 5 probability that task 2 will be completed on time . on a certain day , what is the probability that task 1 will be completed on time , but task 2 will not ?
|
[
"4 / 15",
"3 / 40",
"13 / 40",
"7 / 20"
] |
A
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04990
|
One of the following diseases has more than one route of transmission -
|
[
"Influenza",
"Leprosy",
"Cholera",
"Typhoid fever"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09813
|
Similarity that results from common ancestry is known as what?
|
[
"heterogeny",
"affinity",
"homology",
"duality"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_02023
|
Mars appears red because of large amounts of which element in the soil?
|
[
"carbon",
"coal",
"mercury",
"iron"
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_08017
|
What term is used to describe animals with three germ layers?
|
[
"triploblasts",
"multilayer",
"triplegerm",
"sporozoans"
] |
A
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_04761
|
If something has a membrane within another thing, it is likely
|
[
"a marker",
"a dark hole",
"a house",
"able to cry"
] |
D
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_03370
|
two employees x and y are paid a total of rs . 638 per week by their employer . if x is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to y , how much is y paid per week ?
|
[
"s . 250",
"s . 280",
"s . 290",
"s . 299"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_10095
|
The pull of gravity is expressed as a force of what?
|
[
"pascal",
"joule",
"volt",
"newtons"
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_06648
|
What has a bigger impact on water quality, natural events or human activity?
|
[
"natural events",
"water quality",
"human activity",
"all of the above"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09047
|
With an increased understanding of gene regulation and gene function, medicines can be designed to specifically target diseased cells without harming these?
|
[
"healthy cells",
"hosts",
"stem cells",
"pathogens"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09281
|
If something is in the state of matter where it has both a definite shape and volume, then what state of matter is it in?
|
[
"solid",
"gas",
"liquid",
"plasma"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_02859
|
What can destroy living cells, produce mutations and cause cancer?
|
[
"stingrays",
"prismatic rays",
"plasma rays",
"gamma rays"
] |
D
|
ARC-Challenge
|
arc_04_03101
|
Scientists found a fossil of an elephant in the African savanna. It has much longer tusks and is much larger than elephant species presently inhabiting the area. This elephant fossil most likely reveals
|
[
"the diet of early elephants.",
"that elephants travel in herds.",
"the function of the trunk of the elephant.",
"that physical changes occurred in elephants over time."
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_05341
|
The pituitary gland is called the “master gland” of what system?
|
[
"nervous",
"endocrine",
"hormonal",
"digestive"
] |
B
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_00236
|
Blood absorbs oxygen in the
|
[
"both lower limbs of the body",
"organs that develop during childhood",
"nasal bones projecting above the mouth",
"inner canals of the ear"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_02876
|
What is the term for when the phenotype of offspring is partly determined by the phenotype of its mother, irrespective of genotype?
|
[
"oceanic effect",
"maternal effect",
"congenital effect",
"uterine effect"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_01593
|
Half Life of digoxin is
|
[
"24hrs",
"40hrs",
"48hrs",
"60hrs"
] |
B
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_01940
|
Which process has most likely occurred when new traits appear in a species?
|
[
"selective breeding",
"genetic mutation",
"crossbreeding",
"cloning"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_06230
|
What type of compound contains atoms of two or more different elements in its ring structure?
|
[
"aldehyde",
"polymer",
"heterocyclic",
"hydrocarbon"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_03903
|
as a source of light becomes closer , that source will appear
|
[
"heavily luminous",
"sweeter",
"darker",
"louder"
] |
A
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_01427
|
When certain things are shoved together enough, the earth will tremble and shake because of these
|
[
"trail and error",
"water road",
"dirt collisions",
"wet trail"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_01097
|
Superconductors are materials with a resistivity of?
|
[
"above zero",
"high magnitude",
"greater density",
"zero"
] |
D
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_01115
|
Students are investigating which type of fruit attracts the most fruit flies. Equally sized pieces of ripe apple, peach, and banana are placed in separate containers. The containers allow fruit flies to enter, but the fruit flies are unable to escape. The containers are placed outside on a picnic table for two days. The most reliable method for collecting data is to count the number of fruit flies
|
[
"on all three types of fruit every two hours",
"on all three types of fruit after each fruit spoils",
"on the banana on Day 1, the apple on Day 2, and the peach on Day 3",
"on the banana after Hour 1, the apple after Hour 2, and the peach after Hour 3"
] |
A
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_03087
|
The reason you tend to think of the color white when you think of environments where its constantly freezing, is because those place get tons of
|
[
"Chipmunks",
"droughts",
"snowfall",
"monkeys"
] |
C
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_01872
|
lionel left his house and walked towards walt ' s house , 48 miles away . four hours later , walt left his house and ran towards lionel ' s house . if lionel ' s speed was 2 miles per hour and walt ' s 6 miles per hour , how many miles had lionel walked when he met walt ?
|
[
"12",
"18",
"20",
"24"
] |
B
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_00536
|
Which of these living things in a grassland ecosystem depend on the presence of a variety of bacteria and other microorganisms in the soil?
|
[
"worms only",
"green plants only",
"plants and animals only",
"all the organisms in the ecosystem"
] |
D
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_02010
|
A cat is shown that food is placed on a high surface. The cat needs to eat the food to live, so the cat
|
[
"learns to wear clothes",
"learns to eat bees",
"learns to jump higher",
"learns to cook food"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_00989
|
A sticky, moist secretion that covers mucous membranes is called what?
|
[
"saliva",
"mucus",
"sweat",
"pus"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_05735
|
Mammals are endothermic vertebrates that have four limbs and produce what type of eggs?
|
[
"gymnoic",
"epithelial",
"amniotic",
"umbilical"
] |
C
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04929
|
a-helix of protein is ?
|
[
"Primary structure",
"Secondary structure",
"Teiary structure",
"Quaternary structure"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_00470
|
Most common mass descending mass per vaginum
|
[
"Labial cyst",
"Vaginal cyst",
"Myoma",
"Uterovaginal prolapse"
] |
D
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_02073
|
When a red bull (RR) is bred with a white cow (WW), a roan calf (RW) is sometimes produced. If a roan bull (RW) is bred with a roan cow (RW), what is the most likely outcome of the offspring?
|
[
"1 red, 1 white, and 2 roan",
"0 red, 1 white, and 3 roan",
"2 red, 2 white, and 0 roan",
"0 red, 0 white, and 4 roan"
] |
A
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_00445
|
a sun is divided among x , y and z in such a way that for each rupee x gets , y gets 45 paisa and z gets 30 paisa . if the share of y is rs . 36 , what is the total amount ?
|
[
"166",
"140",
"178",
"177"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_02699
|
A child with complaints of cough. Characteristic inspiratory whoop present. Not immunised. Sample for investigation is ?
|
[
"Nasopharyngeal swab",
"Tracheal aspiration",
"Cough plate culture",
"Sputum culture"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_01064
|
What do you call the physical environment in which a species lives and to which it is adapted?
|
[
"ecosystem",
"domain",
"habitat",
"environment"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_02690
|
What form do alkali metals take at room temperature?
|
[
"solid",
"liquid",
"gas",
"compound"
] |
A
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_00252
|
What is the main reason we can see the Moon?
|
[
"The Moon reflects light from the Earth.",
"The Moon reflects the light from the Sun.",
"The Moon produces its own light.",
"The Moon is larger than stars."
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_01936
|
The first gene therapy (somatic enzyme) was successfully done in:
|
[
"SCID",
"Phenylketonuria",
"Thalassemia",
"Cystic fibrosis"
] |
A
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_01434
|
New carpet is being measured for a room that is 5.5 m by 4.6 m. On a measuring tape, what is the smallest unit that is necessary to measure the room accurately for the carpet?
|
[
"millimeters",
"centimeters",
"meters",
"kilometers"
] |
B
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_04013
|
An example of thermal energy is
|
[
"crying in a school bathroom",
"trying to kiss someone",
"typing on a computer",
"Drying our clothes in the sun"
] |
D
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_03781
|
a scuba diver startles an octopus, and suddenly the water changed color, what happened?
|
[
"it died and released a color",
"it was amused by the diver",
"it was trying to hide from the diver",
"it was thanking the diver"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_02214
|
Which of the following needs soil
|
[
"a planter",
"a painted house",
"a bamboo stalk",
"an industrial plant"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_01294
|
Yogurt is made from milk fermented with what type of organism?
|
[
"yeast",
"viruses",
"algae",
"bacteria"
] |
D
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_03053
|
Lichenisation occurs in which layer of skin?
|
[
"Stratum malpighi",
"Stratum corneum",
"Stratum lucidum",
"Stratum granulosum"
] |
A
|
ARC-Challenge
|
arc_04_02984
|
Because water can hold a large amount of heat, which effect do oceans have on nearby land areas?
|
[
"They prevent rapid extreme temperature changes.",
"They form high-pressure areas that cause magma currents.",
"They provide the energy that triggers volcanic events.",
"They lower the freezing point of fresh water."
] |
A
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_03135
|
Ulcers in Diabetes precipitated by -a) Trophic ulcersb) Neuropathyc) Microangiopathic changes in blood vesselsd) Macroangiopathy
|
[
"acd",
"bcd",
"abc",
"abd"
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09548
|
The burning of charcoal is what type of reaction?
|
[
"physical",
"condensation",
"combustion",
"evaporation"
] |
C
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_00424
|
Investigation of choice for congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is?
|
[
"Barium meal",
"Ultrasound",
"CT scan",
"MRI"
] |
B
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_01971
|
A bass may make its home
|
[
"in a liquid",
"in a field",
"in a tree",
"in a cage"
] |
A
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_03898
|
Which would you use to record a live basketball game
|
[
"a camera bag",
"a GoPro",
"a Nikon lens",
"a camera flash"
] |
B
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_00295
|
In which of the following situations, the accused is punishable under Law:
|
[
"If under the influence of an insane delusion, a person thinks another man is attempting to kill him and he kills that man in self-defense",
"If under the influence of an insane delusion, a person thinks another man to be a wild animal and kills him",
"If under an insane delusion, a person thinks that another person has caused serious injury to his character, family or propey and kills him.",
"If under the intoxication produced without his will, a person kills another person and has no recollection of it."
] |
C
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04678
|
Constrictions in esophagus are present at distance of (from incisor) -a) 12 cmb) 25 cmc) 28 cmd) 36 cme) 40 cm
|
[
"ac",
"Only b",
"be",
"ae"
] |
C
|
ARC-Challenge
|
arc_04_03228
|
Miguel was conducting an experiment. He wrote the following sentences in his notebook: The starting temperature of the water was 10 degrees Celsius. An object weighing 5 grams was placed in the water. The temperature of the water increased to 15 degrees. The object must have been hotter than 10 degrees. In which sentence did Miguel make an inference?
|
[
"sentence 1",
"sentence 2",
"sentence 3",
"sentence 4"
] |
D
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_00249
|
Which of the following is most likely to be affected in an anuerysm of posterior cerebral artery (PCA)?
|
[
"Hypophysis cerebri",
"Trochlear nerve",
"Oculomotor nerve",
"Optic nerve"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_00522
|
How many times per 365.3 days does an equinox occur?
|
[
"3",
"1",
"2",
"4"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_01574
|
A goat in a lush field of dense vegetation will be bestowed
|
[
"four lucky hooves",
"poor growth",
"a tin can",
"a shiny coat"
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_11108
|
Which is the fourth planet from the sun?
|
[
"jupiter",
"mars",
"earth",
"mars"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_11010
|
When the ventricles begin to contract, pressure within the ventricles rises and blood flows toward the area of lowest pressure, which is initially in the atria. this backflow causes the cusps of the tricuspid and mitral (bicuspid) valves to close. these valves are tied down to the papillary muscles by these?
|
[
"chordae tendineae",
"choanocyte tendineae",
"chollphyide tendineae",
"photoreactive tendineae"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09975
|
What begins when a neuron receives a chemical stimulus?
|
[
"nerve reaction",
"a nerve impulse",
"a induce impulse",
"a metabolism impulse"
] |
B
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_04451
|
a small company is planning to rent either computer a or computer b to print customer mailing lists . both computer a and computer b must be rented on an hourly basis . the rental fee is based only on the amount of time the computer is turned on . it will cost 40 percent more per hour to rent computer a than to rent computer b . computer b would , however , require 20 hours more than computer a to do the job . if either computer a , or computer b were rented the total cost to rent the computer would be $ 650.00 . what would be the approximate hourly charge to rent computer b ?
|
[
"$ 9.28",
"$ 11.30",
"$ 13.20",
"$ 17.80"
] |
A
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_00578
|
Clouds are made up of moisture particles that are held in the sky until
|
[
"weight works against it",
"the storm starts to approach",
"the weather starts to change",
"winter arrives sooner than later"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_00810
|
What is another word for saturated hydrocarbons?
|
[
"enzymes",
"aldehydes",
"catalysts",
"alkanes"
] |
D
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_00818
|
Sophie investigates the water supply at her school and the things that affect it. Which action is a direct observation?
|
[
"tasting water from a water fountain",
"reading water test results",
"studying the rules for purifying water",
"investigating causes of water pollution"
] |
A
|
ARC-Challenge
|
arc_04_02159
|
Laura adds 50 mL of boiling water to 100 mL of ice water. If the 150 mL of water is then put into a freezer, at what temperature will the water freeze?
|
[
"0°C",
"15°C",
"37°C",
"50°C"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_10943
|
Shortening of muscle fibers is called what?`
|
[
"diffusion",
"diffusion",
"contraction",
"shrinking"
] |
C
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_00084
|
Which concept supports the endosymbiotic origin of complex, eukaryotic double-membrane structures?
|
[
"Mitochondria and chloroplasts arise from preexisting mitochondria and chloroplasts.",
"Mitochondria and chloroplasts arise from preexisting endomembrane systems.",
"Mitochondria and chloroplasts are synthesized in the nucleus.",
"Mitochondria and chloroplasts are synthesized in ribosomes."
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09755
|
Hierarchical classification can reflect the branching patterns of phylogenetic?
|
[
"birds",
"fruits",
"animals",
"trees"
] |
D
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_04850
|
What are drumlins, eskers, and kettle lakes formed by?
|
[
"tsunamis",
"earthquakes",
"glaciers",
"meteors"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_00627
|
Scrubbing a toilet is
|
[
"predestined",
"innate",
"genetic",
"learned"
] |
D
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_03553
|
a can complete the job in 3 hours and b can complete the same job in 3 hours . a works for 1 hour and then b joins and both complete the job . what fraction of the job did b complete
|
[
"1 / 6",
"3 / 10",
"1 / 2",
"5 / 6"
] |
A
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_04206
|
a certain ball team has an equal number of right - and left - handed players . on a certain day , two - thirds of the players were absent from practice . of the players at practice that day , two - third were left handed . what is the ratio of the number of right - handed players who were not at practice that day to the number of lefthanded players who were not at practice ?
|
[
"1 / 3",
"2 / 3",
"5 / 7",
"7 / 5"
] |
D
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_01849
|
the first year , two cows produced 8100 litres of milk . the second year their production increased by 15 % and 10 % respectively , and the total amount of milk increased to 9100 litres a year . how many litres were milked from each cow each year ?
|
[
"3472",
"8222",
"4370",
"26777"
] |
C
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_01210
|
A good reason for humans to feel little fear for wild wolves is that
|
[
"wolves are human",
"wolves elude humanity",
"wolves eat corn",
"wolves are domesticated"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_01456
|
A microscope can be made from two of what kind of lenses?
|
[
"inner",
"angular",
"outer",
"convex"
] |
D
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04037
|
Best suture for common bile duct is
|
[
"Synthetic absorbable",
"Synthetic Non-Absorbable",
"Non-synthetic absorbable",
"Non-synthetic Non-Absorbable"
] |
A
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_01369
|
What is the basic unit of life?
|
[
"atom",
"cell",
"element",
"nucleus"
] |
B
|
math_qa
|
mathqa_03_04117
|
a man swims downstream 18 km and upstream 12 km taking 3 hours each time , what is the speed of the man in still water ?
|
[
"3",
"5",
"6",
"4"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_09759
|
What type of gases are used for balloons, light bulbs and lighted signs?
|
[
"heavy",
"noble",
"ignoble",
"helium"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_05554
|
Collisions between hydrogen atoms demonstrate one form of what?
|
[
"destructive fusion",
"nuclear reaction",
"nuclear fusion",
"nuclear radiation"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_07294
|
During what time period did poor air quality become a problem?
|
[
"industrial revolution",
"second world war",
"coal industry boom",
"Chernobyl disaster"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_08254
|
What do scientists use to search other planets suitable for living?
|
[
"microscopes",
"optics",
"telescopes",
"lasers"
] |
C
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_10903
|
Hyenas and cockroaches are examples of what decomposers that consume the soft tissues of dead animals?
|
[
"foragers",
"predators",
"parasites",
"scavengers"
] |
D
|
openbookqa
|
obqa_02_00656
|
Flashlights run on batteries in order to light up. Those use chemical energy, light uses
|
[
"mechanical energy",
"Light energy",
"Hyper energy",
"solar energy"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_03382
|
What is the first stage of cellular respiration?
|
[
"glycolysis",
"Krebs cycle",
"decarboxylation",
"gluconeogenesis"
] |
A
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_10749
|
The lungs, kidneys, skin, and large intestine are all part of what organ system?
|
[
"respiratory",
"excretory",
"digestive",
"sensory"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_03100
|
What are the two basic parts that all flowering plants have in common?
|
[
"leaf and petiole",
"metal and petiole",
"stalk and petiole",
"blade and petiole"
] |
D
|
ARC-Easy
|
arc_04_01530
|
Kim lost her hammer outside. When she found it a few months later, some parts of the metal were covered with flaky, brown rust. Which type of change occurred when rust formed on the hammer?
|
[
"chemical",
"electrical",
"thermal",
"physical"
] |
A
|
medmcqa
|
medmcqa_05_04404
|
Cherry red colour of blood is seen in poisoning with
|
[
"Nitrate",
"Cyanide",
"Lead",
"Sulphite"
] |
B
|
sciq
|
sciq_01_04929
|
While enzymatic hydrolysis proceeds, peristalsis moves the mixture of chyme and digestive juices along what?
|
[
"large intestine",
"esophagus",
"stomach",
"small intestine"
] |
D
|
MNLP M3 MCQA Dataset
The MNLP M3 MCQA Dataset is a carefully curated collection of Multiple-Choice Question Answering (MCQA) examples, unified from several academic and benchmark datasets.
Developed as part of the CS-552: Modern NLP course at EPFL (Spring 2025), this dataset is designed for training and evaluating models on multiple-choice QA tasks, particularly in the STEM and general knowledge domains.
Key Features
- ~30,000 MCQA questions
- 6 diverse sources:
SciQ
,OpenBookQA
,MathQA
,ARC-Easy
,ARC-Challenge
, andMedMCQA
- Each question has exactly 4 options (A–D) and one correct answer
- Covers a wide range of topics: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and general knowledge
Dataset Structure
Each example is a dictionary with the following fields:
Field | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
dataset |
string |
Source dataset (sciq , openbookqa , etc.) |
id |
string |
Unique identifier for the question |
question |
string |
The question text |
choices |
list |
List of 4 answer options (corresponding to A–D) |
answer |
string |
The correct option, as a letter: "A" , "B" , "C" , or "D" |
Example:
```json
{
"dataset": "sciq",
"id": "sciq_01_00042",
"question": "What does a seismograph measure?",
"choices": ["Earthquakes", "Rainfall", "Sunlight", "Temperature"],
"answer": "A"
}
Source Datasets
This dataset combines multiple high-quality MCQA sources to support research and fine-tuning in STEM education and reasoning. The full corpus contains 29,870 multiple-choice questions from the following sources:
Source (Hugging Face) | Name | Size | Description & Role in the Dataset |
---|---|---|---|
allenai/sciq |
SciQ | 11,679 | Science questions (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth science). Crowdsourced with 4 answer choices and optional supporting evidence. Used to provide well-balanced, factual STEM questions at a middle/high-school level. |
allenai/openbookqa |
OpenBookQA | 4,957 | Science exam-style questions requiring multi-step reasoning and use of commonsense or external knowledge. Contributes more challenging and inference-based questions. |
allenai/math_qa |
MathQA | 5,000 | Subsample of quantitative math word problems derived from AQuA-RAT, annotated with structured answer options. Introduces numerical reasoning and problem-solving components into the dataset. |
allenai/ai2_arc (config: ARC-Easy ) |
ARC-Easy | 2,140 | Science questions at the middle school level. Useful for testing basic STEM understanding and factual recall. Filtered to retain only valid 4-choice entries. |
allenai/ai2_arc (config: ARC-Challenge ) |
ARC-Challenge | 1,094 | More difficult science questions requiring reasoning and inference. Widely used as a benchmark for evaluating LLMs. Also filtered for clean MCQA format compatibility. |
openlifescienceai/medmcqa |
MedMCQA | 5,000 | A subsample of multiple-choice questions on medical topics from various exams, filtered for a single-choice format. Contains real-world and domain-specific clinical reasoning questions covering various medical disciplines. |
Intended Applications and Structure
This dataset is split into three parts:
train
(~70%) — for training MCQA modelsvalidation
(~15%) — for tuning and monitoring performance during trainingtest
(~15%) — for final evaluation on unseen questions
It is suitable for multiple-choice question answering tasks, especially in the STEM domain (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Author
This dataset was created and published by Youssef Belghmi as part of the CS-552: Modern NLP course at EPFL (Spring 2025).
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