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Board Questions

Web Services is asked in short questions: a full form, a one-mark MCQ, or a difference between two terms. These are the questions CBSE has actually set in its board, compartment and sample papers. Try each before opening the answer.

1How this topic is asked

What is askedMarksSet in
Full forms: WWW, HTML, XML, URL1Board 2023, 2024, 2026; compartment 2023, 2024; SQP 2023-24
MCQ on HTML or XML1Compartment 2024, 2026; SQP 2025-26
HTML vs XML1–2SQPs 2022-23, 2023-24; board 2022
URL: explain, or URL vs domain name2Board 2023, 2025; compartment 2022
Web browser, web server, web hosting1–2Board 2022, 2024; compartment 2026; SQP 2025-26
Full forms that are easy to get wrong
XML is Extensible Markup Language (not “Extended”). URL is Uniform Resource Locator. HTML is HyperText Markup Language.

2Full forms and MCQs

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Fill in the blank: The full form of WWW is __________.CBSE compartment exam 2024
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World Wide Web.

Revise: The World Wide Web

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Expand the terms URL and XML.CBSE compartment exam 2024 · XML alone, board exam 2026 · XML with PPP, board exam 2024 · XML with HTTPS, compartment exam 2023
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URL: Uniform Resource Locator. XML: Extensible Markup Language.

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‘L’ in HTML stands for: (A) Large (B) Language (C) Long (D) LaserCBSE compartment exam 2024
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(B) Language — HyperText Markup Language (full form asked in the board exam 2023).

Revise: HTML

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Which of the following is used to create the structure of a web page? a) CSS b) HTML c) JavaScript d) FTPCBSE sample paper 2025-26
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b) HTML

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Which of the following options is true about XML? (A) It stands for Expert Manipulating Language. (B) It is a programming language. (C) It is a dynamic language used to store and transport data through web pages. (D) It is same as HTML.CBSE compartment exam 2026
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(C)

Revise: XML

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Expand the term URL.CBSE sample paper 2023-24 (with POP3)
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Uniform Resource Locator.

3HTML vs XML

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Give one difference between XML and HTML.CBSE sample paper 2023-24
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HTML uses predefined tags to display data; XML uses user-defined tags to store and transport data.

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Write two points of difference between XML and HTML.CBSE sample paper 2022-23 · board exam 2022 (Term 2)
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(1) HTML tags are predefined; XML tags are user-defined. (2) HTML is about displaying data; XML stores and transports data. (Also: HTML is not case-sensitive, XML is.)

Revise: HTML vs XML

4URL and domain name

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Expand and explain the term URL.CBSE board exam 2025
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Uniform Resource Locator: the complete address of a resource on the web, made of the protocol, the domain name and the path, e.g. http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm.

Revise: URL

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Differentiate between URL and domain name with the help of an appropriate example.CBSE board exam 2023 · compartment exam 2022
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A domain name is the name of a web server, e.g. ncert.nic.in. A URL is the complete address of one resource and contains the protocol, the domain name and the path, e.g. http://www.ncert.nic.in/textbook/textbook.htm.

5Browser, server and hosting

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What is a web browser? Write the names of any two commonly used web browsers.CBSE board exam 2022 (Term 2) · “Name any two web browsers”, board exam 2024
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A software application used to access and view web pages. Examples: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Revise: Web Browser

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Differentiate between web server and web browser.CBSE sample paper 2025-26
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A web server stores and delivers web pages to users over the Internet; a web browser requests and displays those pages on the user’s device.

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Define the term web server.CBSE compartment exam 2026
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A computer with server software that stores websites and delivers their pages to browsers that request them.

Revise: Web Server

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Define the term web hosting.CBSE board exam 2024
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A service that puts a website on a web server connected to the Internet, so that anyone can access it on the World Wide Web.

Revise: Web Hosting

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