Chapter 11. More on HTML

Exercises

E. Answer the following questions.

1.       1. What is the use of heading tags? How many heading levels are there?

Ans: Heading level displays text by using a different font size. There are 6 levels of heading <H1> to <H6>

 

2.      2.  Explain the use of <FONT> tag in designing a web page.

Ans: The <FONT> tag lets you change the size, color and style of a text segment. It is used for changing the appearance of the text.

 

3.     3.   Explain the use of <b>, <i> and <u> tags with the help of an example.

Ans: The <B> tag is used to make a text bold. Eg. <b> This text is bold </b>

The <i> tag is used to tilt the text. Eg. <i> This text is italic </i>

The <u> tag is used to insert a line below the text. Eg. <u> This text is underlined </u>

 

4.      4.  Explain the use of the different attributes of <BODY> tag.

Ans: The <BODY> tag defines all the contents of a web page. The <body> tag includes:

(i)                  Background: This attribute allows us to insert an image as a background in the html document. Eg. <body background=”Filename.gif”>

(ii)                Bgcolor (background color): Bgcolor is an attribute, used to specify the background color of the web page. Eg. <body bgcolor =”FF0000”>

(iii)               Text: The text attribute is used to specify the color of the text that appears within the web page. Eg. <body text=”purple”>

 

5.       5. Explain the difference between <sub> and <sup> tags with the help of an example.

Ans: The <sub> tag is used to display the text as subscript.  The subscript text will appear half a character height beneath the other characters. Eg. A₂ à A₂

The <sup> tag is used to display the text as superscript. The superscript text will appear half a character height above the other character. Eg. A² à A²

 

6.      6.  Write the use of <BASEFONT> tag.

Ans: The <BASEFONT> tag lets you define the basic size, color and face for the font. This tag is used only once in the whole document.