Question

He was known as the father of history-writing __________.
A)Thucydides
B)Plutarch
C)Herodotus
D)Democritus

Answer 1

Hint:The author is renowned for the book The Histories which presents a detailed record about the happenings of the Greco-Persian Wars.

Complete answer:
History is an umbrella term that is related to the past occurrences and the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information regarding these events. Various historical sources- written documents, oral accounts, ecological markers, material objects such as art, artifacts, etc.- are considered by the history enthusiasts to decipher the related information from the antiques.
A brief description about the personalities mentioned shall be helpful in answering this question-
>It is an incorrect choice. Thucydides authored the famous History of the Peloponnesian War which describes the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens. Also, he is known as the father of "scientific history" and father of the school of political realism.
>Plutarch wouldn’t be the right choice. He was a priest at the Temple of Apollo and has been famous for his book Parallel Lives which is a series of biographies of Greeks and Romans and Moralia which is a collection of essays and speeches.
>Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire and the place is presently located in Bodrum (Turkey). He is the author of the famous book The Histories which is considered to be the first organized account of the erstwhile events. His work gained him the title of ‘Father of History’.
>Democritus isn’t the correct answer. He was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher who has been renowned for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe and he isn’t known to be a historian.

The correct answer is Option C

Note:Herodotus is popularly acclaimed as the first author to treat historical subjects with a systematic, organized, and investigative approach. He is known as the Father of History and the title was conferred to him by a famous Roman orator Cicero.