Which of the following is not correctly matched?

The correct answer is Option (4) → Eklavya - Chandala

Option (1) Kauravas - Sons of Gandhari — Correct statement. The Kauravas were the sons of Dhritarashtra; when war became almost inevitable, Gandhari made one last appeal to her eldest son Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kauravas.

Option (2) Pandavas - Sons of Pandu — Correct statement. Pandu, the younger brother of Dhritarashtra, ascended the throne of Hastinapura; the Pandavas, his sons, were the cousins of the Kauravas.

Option (3) Suvarnakars - Goldsmiths — Correct statement. The goldsmith or suvarnakara was an occupational category that did not easily fit into the fourfold varna system, so it was classified as a jati.

Option (4) Eklavya - Chandala — Incorrect statement. Ekalavya was a forest-dwelling nishada, a hunting community. Chandalas were those who handled corpses and dead animals and were placed at the very bottom of the hierarchy.

NCERT (2026-27): “3.3 Jatis and social mobility … These complexities are reflected in another term used in texts to refer to social categories – jati. In Brahmanical theory, jati, like varna, was based on birth. However, while the number of varnas was fixed at four, there was no restriction on the number of jatis. In fact, whenever Brahmanical authorities encountered new groups – for instance, people living in forests such as the nishadas – or wanted to assign a name to occupational categories such as the goldsmith or suvarnakara, which did not easily fit into the fourfold varna system, they classified them as a jati. Jatis which shared a common occupation or profession were sometimes organised into shrenis or guilds.…”