Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Prosopography is the building up of an interpretation past by detailed biographic studies of individuals.
Reason (R) : Prosopography has no relation to history.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c). Prosopography is a vital historical method that studies common characteristics of a group through collective biography. Thus, Assertion (A) is correct, while Reason (R) is clearly false as it is deeply related to history.
Information Booster

• Prosopography is often called 'collective biography'.
• It helps in understanding social dynamics, political networks, and career patterns of groups.
• Sir Lewis Namier used this method extensively to study the 18th-century British Parliament.
• In Indian history, it is used to study the profiles of Indian National Congress leaders or the Mughal nobility.
• It bridges the gap between individual biography and social history.

• Historiography: The study of the methods of historians and the development of history as a discipline.
• Cliometrics: The use of statistical methods and economic theory in history.
• Social History: Focuses on the lived experience of ordinary people rather than just political elites.