Technical interview questions and answers are essential when preparing for an HTML Interview because HTML forms the foundation of every web page. Recruiters want to evaluate your understanding of tags, attributes, forms, semantic elements, HTML5 features, media integration, and best coding practices. This topic is extremely common in frontend developer interviews, UI/UX roles, and full-stack development placements. Companies such as TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant, and Accenture frequently ask HTML questions to check whether candidates have strong web development fundamentals. This guide includes the most commonly asked HTML interview questions with explanations designed to help freshers and job seekers prepare effectively. Mastering these questions will help you perform confidently during coding tests, web design discussions, and campus placements.
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31. The colors on my page look different when viewed on a Mac and a PC.
The Mac and the PC use slightly different color palettes. There is a 216 "browser safe" color palette that both platforms support; the Microsoft color picker page has some good information and links to other resources about this. In addition, the two platforms use different gamma (brightness) values, so a graphic that looks fine on the Mac may look too dark on the PC. The only way to address this problem is to tweak the brightness of your image so that it looks acceptable on both platforms.
32. How do you create tabs or indents in Web pages?
There was a tag proposed for HTML 3.0, but it was never adopted by any major browser and the draft specification has now expired. You can simulate a tab or indent in various ways, including using a transparent GIF, but none are quite as satisfactory or widely supported as an official tag would be.
33. My page looks good on one browser, but not on another.
There are slight differences between browsers, such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, in areas such as page margins. The only real answer is to use standard HTML tags whenever possible, and view your pages in multiple browsers to see how they look.
34. Why does the browser show my plain HTML source?
If Microsoft Internet Explorer displays your document normally, but other browsers display your plain HTML source, then most likely your web server is sending the document with the MIME type "text/plain". Your web server needs to be configured to send that filename with the MIME type "text/html". Often, using the filename extension ".html" or ".htm" is all that is necessary. If you are seeing this behavior while viewing your HTML documents on your local Windows filesystem, then your text editor
35. How can I display an image on my page?
Use an IMG element. The SRC attribute specifies the location of the image. The ALT attribute provides alternate text for those not loading images. For example:
36. How do I get out of a frameset?
If you are the author, this is easy. You only have to add the TARGET attribute to the link that takes readers to the intended 'outside' document. Give it the value of _top.
In many current browsers, it is not possible to display a frame in the full browser window, at least not very easily. The reader would need to copy the URL of the desired frame and then request that URL manually.
I would recommend that authors who want to offer readers this option add a link to the document itself in the
37. How do I make a frame with a vertical scrollbar but without a horizontal scrollbar?
The only way to have a frame with a vertical scrollbar but without a horizontal scrollbar is to define the frame with SCROLLING="auto" (the default), and to have content that does not require horizontal scrolling. There is no way to specify that a frame should have one scrollbar but not the other. Using SCROLLING="yes" will force scrollbars in both directions (even when they aren't needed), and using SCROLLING="no" will inhibit all scrollbars (even when scrolling is necessary to access the frame
