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Q.Rochdale Society was started by ________.

(a) Talmaki
(b) Robert Owen
(c) Lambert
(d) H.C. Calvert
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The answer is option (b) Robert Owen.

The co-operative movement in its modern form began with the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, the first successful consumers' co-operative store. It gave the world the well-known Rochdale Principles — open membership, democratic control, limited interest on capital, distribution of surplus as dividend on purchases, cash trading and so on. This movement is credited to the inspiration of Robert Owen, who is regarded as the father …

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