SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Originally the ‘Varna vyavastha’ was flexible in the sense that it was possible for a person to change his ‘Varna’ by changing his occupation. In ancient period, persons succeeded in changing their Varna’s. The ‘Varna vyavastha’ was an open system and because of that reason upward or downward mobility was possible.

Detailed explanation-2: -The varnas have been known since a hymn in the Rigveda (the oldest surviving Indian text) that portrays the Brahman (priest), the Kshatriya (noble), the Vaishya (commoner), and the Shudra (servant) issued forth at creation from the mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of the primeval person (purusha).