Question

Syntax of entity declaration is ___________

(a) <!entity name “value”>

(b) <entity name “value”!>

(c) <”value” entity name>

(d) <!”value” entity name>

The question was asked during an interview.

Question is taken from HTML 4.x and XHTML 1.x Character Entities topic in chapter HTML and XHTML Fundamentals of HTML

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) <!entity name “value”>

To explain: Character entity reference declaration is done by syntax <!entity name “value”> in HTML and in XML.  This syntax is define in Document Type Definiton(DTD).