GATE CS 2015 Set 3 — Question 18

MCQ+1 / -0.33MediumHTTP & HTTPSApplication LayerComputer Networks

Computer Networks → Application Layer → HTTP & HTTPS

Last updated 5 September 2026

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Correct answer (B) <base href: “http://www.yourname.com/” Solution When a webpage is saved locally, relative URLs (like "2.html") resolve relative to the local file path (e.g., file:///C:/Users/.../2.html). To make them resolve to the original web server location, the <base> tag must be used in the HTML head. The <base> tag specifies the base URL for all relative URLs in a document. By adding <base href="http://www.yourname.com/">, a relative link like "2.html" will be interpreted as "http://www.yourname.com/2.html", which correctly points to the server. Option (B) represents this tag (despite the non-standard colon syntax used in the question options, it is the only semantically correct choice for setting a base URL). Turn this into a strength. Explore AI-powered practice and doubt support with Success Tracker.

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Correct answer (B) <base href: “http://www.yourname.com/” Solution When a webpage is saved locally, relative URLs (like "2.html") resolve relative to the local file path (e.g., file:///C:/Users/.../2.html). To make them resolve to the original web server location, the <base> tag must be used in the HTML head. The <base> tag specifies the base URL for all relative URLs in a document. By adding <base href="http://www.yourname.com/">, a relative link like "2.html" will be interpreted as "http://www.yourname.com/2.html", which correctly points to the server. Option (B) represents this tag (despite the non-standard colon syntax used in the question options, it is the only semantically correct choice for setting a base URL).

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