Which of the following is not a difference between HTML and XHTML

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Q. Which of the following is not a difference between HTML and XHTML

(A) Charset in html is “text/html” where as in xhtml it is “application/xml+xhtml”
(B) Tags and attributes are case-insensitive in HTML but not in XHTML
(C) Special characters must be escaped using character entities in XHTML unlike HTML
(D) None of the mentioned

Correct Answer - Option(D)
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Explanation by: Official MCQ Buddy

All the given options correctly describe differences between HTML and XHTML:
MIME Type
HTML uses text/html as its MIME type.
XHTML uses application/xml+xhtml or application/xhtml+xml for better XML parsing.
Case Sensitivity
In HTML, tag and attribute names are case-insensitive (e.g., <div> is the same as <DIV>).
In XHTML, they must be lowercase (e.g., <div> is valid, but <DIV> is not).
Special Characters Handling
In XHTML, special characters like <, >, and & must be written as character entities (&lt;, &gt;, &amp;).
In HTML, browsers are more forgiving about unescaped special characters.
Since all the given options correctly highlight actual differences, the correct choice is (D) None of the mentioned.