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The web uses the _________ to request and serve web pages and programs.

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SSC CGL 2017 (Tier 1) Previous Year Paper (16-Aug-2017) (Shift 1)
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Hyper Text Markup Language

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language used to structure web pages and programs served over the web. Browsers request HTML documents from web servers and render the marked-up content into visible pages.

The other options — Hyper Text Marketing Language, Hotmail Text Markup Language, and Home Text Markup Language — are not recognised web technologies.

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Important Questions from HTML

  1. Which of the following statements regarding XML is/are True ?

    (A) XML is a set of tags designed to tell browsers how to display text and images in a web page.

    (B) XML defines a syntax for representing data. but the meaning of data varies from application to application

    (C) < Letter >, < LETTER > and < letter > are three different tags in XML.

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  2. Which of the statements given below is/are correct?

    It is always important and useful to include an 'alt' attribute on 'img' tag in HTML because

    A. users who cannot see the image due to vision impairment can have a textual description of the image (which can be spoken aloud by a screenreader).

    B. If the image fails to load (slow connection, broken path, etc.) then alt text is displayed instead.

    C. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) benefits.

    Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  3. Which tag is used to enclose any number of javascript statements in HTML document?

  4. The definitions in an XML document are said to be_______ when the tagging system and definitions in the DTD are all in compliance.

  5. How many different levels of heading does HTML support?

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