Metadata & SEO interview questions

18 real Metadata & SEO questions from the HTML bank, as asked in Indian campus drives and tech interviews. Every question has a verified answer and an AI-tutor explanation on placd — free to start.

1. What is title element?

Junior
  1. A.the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
  2. B.the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  3. C.the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  4. D.the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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3. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.title element — the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  2. B.title element — the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  3. C.title element — the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
  4. D.title element — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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4. What is meta description?

Junior
  1. A.the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  2. B.the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  3. C.the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  4. D.the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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6. Which statement is correct?

Junior
  1. A.meta description — the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  2. B.meta description — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
  3. C.meta description — the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  4. D.meta description — the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
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7. What is viewport meta?

Mid
  1. A.the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  2. B.the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  3. C.the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
  4. D.the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
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9. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.viewport meta — the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  2. B.viewport meta — the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  3. C.viewport meta — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
  4. D.viewport meta — the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
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10. What is canonical link?

Mid
  1. A.the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  2. B.the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  3. C.the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  4. D.the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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12. Which statement is correct?

Mid
  1. A.canonical link — the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  2. B.canonical link — the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  3. C.canonical link — the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  4. D.canonical link — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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13. What is Open Graph tags?

Senior
  1. A.the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
  2. B.the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  3. C.the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  4. D.the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
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14. Which term means: "the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms"?

Senior
  1. A.Open Graph tags
  2. B.meta description
  3. C.viewport meta
  4. D.JSON-LD structured data
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15. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.Open Graph tags — the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  2. B.Open Graph tags — the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
  3. C.Open Graph tags — the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  4. D.Open Graph tags — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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16. What is JSON-LD structured data?

Senior
  1. A.the head tag whose text becomes the browser tab label and the headline in search results
  2. B.the head tag whose width and initial-scale content make a page scale correctly on mobile devices
  3. C.the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  4. D.the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
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17. Which term means: "the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results"?

Senior
  1. A.title element
  2. B.canonical link
  3. C.JSON-LD structured data
  4. D.Open Graph tags
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18. Which statement is correct?

Senior
  1. A.JSON-LD structured data — the script block of type application/ld+json that encodes machine-readable schema markup for rich search results
  2. B.JSON-LD structured data — the head tag whose content supplies the summary snippet search engines may display under a result
  3. C.JSON-LD structured data — the meta properties prefixed og that control the title, image and description shown when a page is shared on social platforms
  4. D.JSON-LD structured data — the head element with rel canonical that names the preferred URL when duplicate pages exist
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