Q.Under Section 6 of the Act, the minimum number of persons required to register an ordinary co-operative society is: (A) five
(B) seven
(C) ten
(D) twenty

Co-operation is an association of persons, so the law fixes a minimum membership below which an ordinary society cannot be registered.

Section 6 of the Act provides that no society, other than a federal society, shall be registered unless it consists of at least ten persons who are qualified to be members and who reside, or have their place of business, in the society's area of operation.

(A) Five — incorrect for an ordinary society; five is the minimum number of societies required for a federal society, not the number of persons for an ordinary one.

(B) Seven — incorrect; seven is the minimum for a public company under company law, not for a co-operative society.

(C) Ten — correct; at least ten qualified persons are required to register an ordinary society.

(D) Twenty — incorrect; the Act does not fix twenty as the minimum.

Mixing up the ten-person minimum for an ordinary society with the five-society minimum for a federal society, or borrowing the 'seven members' figure from company law.