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Important Abbreviations for Competitive Exams

Important Abbreviations for Competitive Exams

If we observe the trend for Past Exams for various Competitive Exams we will find that a couple of questions based on Abbreviations are always asked. Here is a small list that we have put together for you. Please go through and try to remember as many as you can.
This is useful for Banking Exams (Clerk, PO, MT), SSC, FCI and other Competitive Exams.


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Important Abbreviations for Competitive Exams


1. AAFI => Amateur Athletics Federation of India

2. AAPSO => Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation


3. AASU => All Assam Students Union


4. ABM => Anti Ballistic Missile


5. AC => Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner


6. ACC => Ancillary Cadet Core


7. AD => Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)


8. ADB => Asian Development Bank.


9. AERE => Atomic Energy Research Establishment


10. AGOC => Asian Games Organisation Committee


11. AICC => All India Congress Committee


12. AICTE => All India Council of Technical Education


13. AIDS => Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome


14. AIFE => All India Football Federation


15. AIIMS => All India Institute of Medical Sciences


16. AIL => Aeronautics India Limited


17. AIMPLB => All India Muslim Personal Law Board


18. AIR => All India Radio (Broadcasting)


19. AITUE => All India Trade Union Congress


20. AM => Anti Meridian (Before Noon)


21. ANC => African National Congress


22. APEC => Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation


23. APSC => Army Postal Services Core


24. ASEAN => Association of South East Asian Nations


25. ASLV => Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle


26. ASI => Archaeological Survey of India


27. ASSOCHAM => Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)


28. ASWAC => Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control


29. ATS => Anti Tetanus Serum


30. BAMS => Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery


31. BARC => Bhabha Atomic Research Centre


32. BBC => British Broadcasting Corporation


33. BC => Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus)


34. BCG => Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)


35. BCCI => Board of Control for Cricket in India


36. BEL => Bharat Electronics Limited


37. BENELUX => Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg


38. BHEL => Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited


39. BIFR => Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board)



40. BIMSTEC => Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation

41. BIS => Bureau of Indian Standards


42. B Pharma => Bachelor of Pharmacy


43. BSF => Border Security Force


44. CAD => Command Area Development


45. CAG => Comptroller and Auditor General


46. CARE => Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere


47. CASE => Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy


48. CBI => Central Bureau of Investigation


49. CBSE => Central. Board of Secondary Education


50. CCEA => Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs


51. CCS => Cabinet Committee on Security


52. C-DAC => Centre For Development of Advance Computing


53. CDMA => Code Division Multiple Access


54. CDRI => Central Drug Research Institute


55. CHOGM => Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting


56. CID => Criminal Investigation Department


57. CIS => Commonwealth of Independent States


58. CISF => Central Industrial Security Force


59. CITU => Centre of Indian Trade Unions


60. CLAT => Common Law Admission Test (Started May 2008)


61. CNG => Compressed Natural Gas


62. COD => Central Ordnance Depot


63. COFEPOSA => Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act


64. CPO => Central Passport Organisation


65. CPRI => Central Power Research Institute


66.CRPF => Central Reserve Police Force


67. CRR => Cash Reserve Ratio


68. CSIR => Council of Scientific and Industrial Research


69. CSO => Central Statistical Organisation


70. CTS => Computerised Tomography Scanner


71. CVC => Central Vigilance Commission


72. DDT => Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane


73. DFDR => 'Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)'


74. DIG => Deputy Inspector General


75. D. Lit. => Doctor of Literature


76. DM => District Magistrate


77. DMK => Dravida Munetra Kazhagam


78. DNA => Di-oxyribo-Nucleic Acid


79. DPAP => 'Drought Prone Area Programme


80. DPC => Dabhol Power Company


82. DRDO => Defence Research and Development Organisation


83. DTH => Direct to Home


84. DVD => Digital Versatile Disk


85. EAS => Employment Assurance Scheme


86. ECD => European Central Bank


87. ECG => Electro Cardiogram


88. EEC => European Economic Community


89. EEG => Electro Encephalogram


90. ELISA => Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay


91. EMF => Electromotive Force


92. EPABX => Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange


93. EPZ => Export Processing Zone


94. ERDA => Energy Research and Development Administration


95. ESMA => Essential Services Maintenance Act


96. EVM => Electronic Voting Machine


97. EXIM Bank => Export-Import Bank of India


98. FAO => Food and Agriculture Organisation


99. FBI => Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)



100. FBTR => Fast Breeder Test Reactor

101. FCI => Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India


102. FDR => Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)


103. FERA => Foreign Exchange Regulation Act


104. FEMA => Foreign Exchange Management Act


105. FICCI => Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry


106. FIPB => Foreign Investment Promotion Board


107. FIR => First Information Report


108. FRS => Fellow of the Royal Society


109. FTII => Films and Television Institute of India


110. FTZ => Free Trade Zone


111. GAIL => Gas Authority of India Limited


112. GATT => General Agreement on Tariff and Trade


113. GIC => General Insurance Corporation


114. GMT => Greenwich Mean Time


115. GNLF => Gorkha National Liberation Front


116. GNP => Gross National Product


117. GPF => General Provident Fund


118. GPO => General Post Office


119. GPS => Global Positioning System


120. GSI => Geological Survey of India


121. HAC => Hindustan Aluminium Corporation


122. HAL => Hindustan Aeronautics Limited


123. HCF => Highest Common Factor


124. HDFC => Housing Development Finance Corporation


125. HIV => Human Immuno-deficiency Virus


126. HMT => Hindustan Machine Tools


127. HUDCO => Housing and Urban Development Corporation


128. HYVS => High Yield Variety Seeds


129. IAAI => International Airport Authority of India


130. lAC => Indian Airlines Corporation


131. IAEA => International Atomic Energy Agency


132. IARI => Indian Agricultural Research Institute


133. IBRD => International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)


134. ICAR => Indian Council of Agricultural Research


135. ICBM => Inter Continental Ballistic Missile


136. ICC => International Cricket Council


137. ICFTU => International Confederation of Free Trade Unions


138. ICICI => Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited


139. ICJ => International Court of Justice


140. ICMR => Indian Council of Medical Research


141. ICSI => Indian Company Secretaries Institute


142. IDA => International Development Agency


143. IDBI => Industrial Development Bank of India


144. IDO => International Defence Organisation


145. IDPL => Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited


146. IFA => Indian Football Association


147. IFCI => Industrial Finance Corporation of India


148. IFFI => International Film Festival of India


149. IFFCO => Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative



150. IFTU => International Federation of Trade Unions

151. IIPA => Indian Institute of Public Administration


152. IIS => Indian Institute of Sciences


153. IISCO => Indian Iron and Steel Company


154. IIT => Indian Institute of Technology


155. ILO => International Labour Organisation


156. IMA => Indian Military Academy


157. IMF => International Monetary Fund


158. INGCA => Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art


159. INS => Indian Naval Ship


160. INSAT => Indian National Satellite


161. INTELSAT => International Telecommunication Satellite


162. INTERPOL => International Police Organisation


163. INTUC => Indian National Trade Union Congress


164. IOC => International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation


165. IPC => Indian Penal Code


166. IPKF => Indian Peace Keeping Force


167. IQ => Intelligence Quotient


168. IRBM => Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile


169. IRC => International Red Cross


170. IRDA => Insurance Regulatory Development Authority


171. IRDP => Integrated Rural Development Programme


172. ISB => Indian Standard Bureau


173. ISM => Indian School of Mines


174. ISO => International Organisation for Standardisation


175. ISP => Internet Services Provider


176. ISRO => Indian Space Research Organisation


177. IST => Indian Standard Time


178. ITBP => Indo-Tibet Border Police


179. ITDC => Indian Tourism Development Corporation


180. ITPO => Indian Trade Promotion Organisation


181. ITO => International Trade Organisation


182. IUCN => International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource


183. ITUC => Indian Trade Union Congress


184. JMM => Jharkhand Mukti Morcha


185. KG => Kinder Garten


186. LASER => Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation


187. LIC => Life Insurance Corporation of India


188. LLB => Bachelor of Law


189. LLM => Master of Law


190. LMG => Light Machine Gum


191. LoC => Line of Control (Pakistan)


192. LoAC => Line of Actual Control (China)


193. LPG => Liquefied Petroleum Gas


194. LSD => Lysergic acid diethylamide


195. LTT => Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam


196. MA => Master's of Arts


197. MASER => Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation


198. MBA => Master of Business Administration


199. MBBS => Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery



200. MBT => Main Battle Tank

201. MCA => Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application


202. MCC => Melbourne Cricket Club


203. MD => Doctor of Medicine


204. MFN => Most Favoured Nation


205. MI => Military Intelligence


206. MISA => Maintenance of Internal Security Act


207. MIT => Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA)


208. MLA => Member of Legislative Assembly


209. MLC => Member of Legislative Council


210. MNC => Multi National Corporation


211. MRCP => Member of Royal College of Physicians


212. MRCS => Member of Royal College of Surgeons


213. MRTPC => Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission


214. MODVAT => Modified Value Added Tax


215. NABARD => National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development


216. NACO => National AIDS Control Organisation


217. NAEP => National Adult Education Programme


218. NAFED => National Agricultural and Marketing Federation


219. NAFTA => North American Free Trade Agreement


220. NAPP => Narora Atomic Power Plant


221. NASA => National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)


222. NASDAQ => National Association of Security Dealer's Active Quotation


223. NASSCOM=> National Association of Software & Service Companies


224. NATO => North Atlantic Treaty Organisation


225. NCW => National Commission for Women


226. NCCR => National Council for Civil Right


227. NCERT => National Council of Educational Research & Training


228. NDA => National Defence Academy


229. NDDB => National Dairy Development Board


230. NDF => National Defence Fund.


231. NEERI => National Environment Engineering Research Institute


232. NEFA => North-East Frontier Agency


233. NEPA => National Environment Protection Authority


234. NFDC => National Film Development Corporation


235. NFL => National Fertilizer Limited


236. NHRC => National Human Rights Commission


237. NICO => New Information and Communication Order


238. NIDC => National Industrial Development Corporation


239. NIIT => National Institute of Information Technology


240. NIMHANS => National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences


241. NITIE => National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering


242. NMDS => National Missile Defence System (US)


243. NMEP => National Malaria Eradication Programme


244. NOIDA => New Okhla Industrial Development Authority


245. NPC => National Productivity Council


246. NPP => National Population Policy


247. NPT => Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty


248. NRDC => National Research and Development Corporation


249. NREP => National Rural Employment Programme



250. NRI => Non Resident Indian

251. NSC => National Security Council


252. NSSO => National Sample Survey Organisation


253. NTC => National Textile Corporation


254. NTPC => National Thermal Power Corporation


255. OGL => Open General Licence


256. OIL => Oil India Limited


257. OK => All Correct


258. ONGC => Oil and Natural Gas Commission


259. OPEC => Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries


260. PCI => Press Council of India


261. PCS => Provincial Civil Services


262. Ph. D => Doctor of 'Philosophy


263. PIN => Postal lndex Number


264. PLO => Palestine Liberation Organisation


265. PM => Post Meridian 

/ Prime Minister

266. POTA => Prevention of Terrorism Act


267. PSLV => Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle


268. PTI => Press Trust of India


269. PRO => Public Relations Officer


270. PTO => Please Turn Over


271. PVC => Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra


272. PVSM => Param Vishisht Seva Medal


273. PWD => Public Work's Department


274. PWG => People's War Group


275. QED => Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved)


276. QEF => Quod Erat Faciendum (Which was to be done)


277. QEI => Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found)


278. QMG => Quarter Master General


279. RADAR => Radio Angle Direction and Range


280. RAW => Research and 

Analysis Wing

281. R & D => Research and Development


282. RBI => Reserve Bank of India


283. RCC => Reinforced Cement Concrete


284. RDX => Research Developed Explosive


285. RIMC => Rashtriya Indian Military College


286. RMS => Railway Mail Service


287. RLEGP => Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme


288. RNA => Ribonucleic Acid


289. RPM => Revolutions Per Minute


290. RSS => Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh


291. RTO => Regional Transport Officer


292. SAARC => South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation


293. SAC => Space Application Centre


294. SAFTA => South Asian Free Trade Agreement


295. SAI => Sports Authority of India


296. SAIL => Steel Authority of India Limited


297. SAPTA => South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement


298. SARS => Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome


299. SC => Security Council/Supreme Court


300. SCI => Shipping Corporation of India


301. SCOPE => Standing 

Conference of Public Enterprises

302. SCRA => Special Class Railway Apprentice


303. SDR => Special Drawing Rights


304. SEBI => Security Exchange Board of India


305. SGPC => Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee


306. SHAR => Shri Harikota Range


307. SIDBI => Small Industries Development Bank of India



308. SIS => Secret Intelligence Service (U.K)


309. SITA => Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act


310. SLV => Satellite Launch Vehicle


311. SPCA => Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals


312. SPICMC => Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture


313. STARS => Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station


314. STD => Subscribers Trunk Dialing


315. STPI => Software Technology Parks of India


316. SWAPO => South West African People's Organisation


317. TA => Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy


318. TELCO => Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company


319. TELEX => Teleprinter Exchange


320. TISCO => Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited


321. TNT => Tri-nitro-toluene


322. TOEFL => Test of English as a Foreign Language


323. TRAI => Telecom Regulatory Authority of India


324. TRIPS => Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights


325. TTE => Travelling Ticket Examiner


326. TTFI => Table Tennis Federation of India


327. TWA => Trans World Airlines (USA)


328. UDC => Upper Division Clerk


329. UFO => Unidentified Flying Object


330. UGC => University Grants Commission


331. UHT => Ultra High Temperature


332. ULFA => United Liberation Front of Assam


333. UNASUR => Union of South American Nations (Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas)


334. UNCTAD => United Nations Conference on Trade and Development


335. UNDP => United Nations Development Programme


336. UNEF => United Nations Emergency Force


337. UNEP => United Nations Environment Programme


338. UNESCO => United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation


339. UNFPA => United Nations for Population Activities


340. UNHCR => United Nations High Commission for Refugees


341. UNI => United News of India


342. UNICEF => United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund


343. UNO => United Nations Organisation


344. UPS => Uninterrupted Power Supply


345. UPSC => Union Public Service Commission


346. USSR => Union of Soviet Socialist Republic


347. UTI => Unit Trust of India


348. VAT => Value Added Tax


349. VDIS => Voluntary 

Disclosure of Income Scheme

350. VC => Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross


351. VIP => Very Important PersPe


352. VPP => Value Payable Post


353. VRS => Voluntary Retirement Scheme


354. VSNL => Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited


355. VSSC => Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre


356. WEF => World Economic Forum


357. WHO => World Health Organisation


358. WILL => Wireless in Local Loop


359. WMO => World Meteorological Organisation


360. WWF => World Wild Life Fund



361. WPI => Wholesale Price Index

362. WTO => World Trade Organisation


363. WWF => World Wild Life Fund for Nature


364. WWW => World Wide Web


365. YMCA => Young Men's Christians Association


366. YWCA => Young Women's Christians Association


367. ZBB => Zero Based Budgeting



368. ZSI => Zoological Survey of India

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