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“The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind” :
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel said :

It is no use saying that we ask for separate electorates because it is good for us. We have heard it long enough. We have heard it for years, and as a result of this agitation, we are now a separate nation... Can you show me one free country where there are separate electorates? If so, I shall be prepared to accept it. But in this unfortunate country if this separate electorate is going to be persisted in, even after the division of the country, woe betide the country; it is not worth living in. Therefore, I say, it is not for my good alone, it is for your own good that I say it, forget the past. One day, we may be united ... The British element is gone, but they have left the mischief behind. We do not want to perpetuate that mischief. (Hear, hear). When the British introduced this element they had not expected that they would have to go so soon. They wanted it for their easy administration, That is all right. But they have left the legacy behind. Are we to get out of it or not?

What was the legacy left behind by the British?

(1) Policy of revenue
(2) Policy of divide and rule
(3) Policy of inclusive growth
(4) Policy of unifying India

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The correct answer is Option 2 - 2

The legacy left behind by the British in India includes: (2) Policy of divide and rule

The "policy of divide and rule" refers to a strategy employed by the British colonial rulers in India to maintain control and manage the diverse population. The essence of this policy was to create divisions among different communities, especially along religious and ethnic lines, to prevent them from uniting against British rule.