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If we observe the trend for Past Exams for various Entrance Exams we will find that acouple of questions based on Abbreviations are always asked. Here is a small list thatwe have put together for you. Please go through and try to remember as many as youcan.
This is useful for Banking Exams (Clerk, PO, MT), SSC, FCI and other Entrance Exams.
Sr. No. Abbreviation Stands For
1 AAFIAmateur Athletics Federationof India
2 AAPSOAfro-Asian People's SolidarityOrganisation
3 AASU All Assam Students Union
4 ABM Anti Ballistic Missile
5 ACAlternate Current OR AirConditioner
6 ACC Ancillary Cadet Core
7 ADAno Domini (After the birth ofJesus)
8 ADB Asian Development Bank.
Atomic Energy Research
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9 AERE Establishment
10 AGOCAsian Games OrganisationCommittee
11 AICC All India Congress Committee
12 AICTEAll India Council of TechnicalEducation
13 AIDSAcquired Immuno DeficiencySyndrome
14 AIFE All India Football Federation
15 AIIMSAll India Institute of MedicalSciences
16 AIL Aeronautics India Limited
17 AIMPLBAll India Muslim Personal LawBoard
18 AIR All India Radio (Broadcasting)
19 AITUEAll India Trade UnionCongress
20 AM Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
21 ANC African National Congress
22 APECAsia Pacific EconomicCooperation
23 APSC Army Postal Services Core
24 ASEANAssociation of South EastAsian Nations
Augmented Satellite Launch
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25 ASLV Vehicle
26 ASI Archaeological Survey of India
27 ASSOCHAMAssociated Chamber ofCommerce and Industry(India)
28 ASWACAirborne Surveillance Warningand Control
29 ATS Anti Tetanus Serum
30 BAMSBachelor of AyurvedicMedicine and Surgery
31 BARCBhabha Atomic ResearchCentre
32 BBCBritish BroadcastingCorporation
33 BCBefore Christ (Before the birthof Jesus)
34 BCGBacillus Calmette Guerin (AntiTB Vaccine)
35 BCCIBoard of Control for Cricket inIndia
36 BEL Bharat Electronics Limited
37 BENELUXBelgium, Netherlands andLuxemburg
38 BHELBharat Heavy ElectronicsLimited
39 BIFR
Board of Industrial Financeand Reconstruction (Formerly
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Industrial ReconstructionFinance Board)
40 BIMSTECBangladesh, India, Myanmar,Sri Lanka, Thailand EconomicCooperation
41 BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
42 B Pharma Bachelor of Pharmacy
43 BSF Border Security Force
44 CAD Command Area Development
45 CAGComptroller and AuditorGeneral
46 CARECooperative for AmericanRelief Everywhere
47 CASECommission for AlternativeSources of Energy
48 CBICentral Bureau ofInvestigation
49 CBSECentral. Board of SecondaryEducation
50 CCEACabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs
51 CCSCabinet Committee onSecurity
52 C-DACCentre For Development ofAdvance Computing
53 CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
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54 CDRI Central Drug ResearchInstitute
55 CHOGMCommonwealth Heads ofGovernment Meeting
56 CIDCriminal InvestigationDepartment
57 CISCommonwealth ofIndependent States
58 CISFCentral Industrial SecurityForce
59 CITU Centre of Indian Trade Unions
60 CLATCommon Law Admission Test(Started May 2008)
61 CNG Compressed Natural Gas
62 COD Central Ordnance Depot
63 COFEPOSAConservation of ForeignExchange and Prevention ofSmuggling Act
64 CPO Central Passport Organisation
65 CPRICentral Power ResearchInstitute
66 CRPF Central Reserve Police Force
67 CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
68 CSIRCouncil of Scientific andIndustrial Research
69 CSOCentral StatisticalOrganisation
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70 CTSComputerised TomographyScanner
71 CVC Central Vigilance Commission
72 DDTDichloro 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 AreaProgramme
80 DPC Dabhol Power Company
82 DRDODefence Research andDevelopment Organisation
83 DTH Direct to Home
84 DVD Digital Versatile Disk
85 EASEmployment AssuranceScheme
86 ECD European Central Bank
87 ECG Electro Cardiogram
88 EECEuropean EconomicCommunity
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89 EEG Electro Encephalogram
90 ELISAEnzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay
91 EMF Electromotive Force
92 EPABXElectronic Private AutomaticBranch Exchange
93 EPZ Export Processing Zone
94 ERDAEnergy Research andDevelopment Administration
95 ESMAEssential ServicesMaintenance Act
96 EVM Electronic Voting Machine
97 EXIM Bank Export-Import Bank of India
98 FAOFood and AgricultureOrganisation
99 FBIFederal Bureau ofInvestigation (USA)
100 FBTR Fast Breeder Test Reactor
101 FCIFood Corporation of India /Fertilizer Corporation of India
102 FDRFlight Data Recorder (BlackBox)
103 FERAForeign Exchange RegulationAct
104 FEMAForeign ExchangeManagement Act
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105 FICCIFederation of India Chambersof Commerce and Industry
106 FIPBForeign Investment PromotionBoard
107 FIR First Information Report
108 FRS Fellow of the Royal Society
109 FTIIFilms and Television Instituteof India
110 FTZ Free Trade Zone
111 GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
112 GATTGeneral Agreement on Tariffand Trade
113 GIC General Insurance Corporation
114 GMT Greenwich Mean Time
115 GNLFGorkha National LiberationFront
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 HACHindustan AluminiumCorporation
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122 HAL Hindustan AeronauticsLimited
123 HCF Highest Common Factor
124 HDFCHousing Development FinanceCorporation
125 HIVHuman Immuno-deficiencyVirus
126 HMT Hindustan Machine Tools
127 HUDCOHousing and UrbanDevelopment Corporation
128 HYVS High Yield Variety Seeds
129 IAAIInternational Airport Authorityof India
130 lAC Indian Airlines Corporation
131 IAEAInternational Atomic EnergyAgency
132 IARIIndian Agricultural ResearchInstitute
133 IBRDInternational Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment (World Bank)
134 ICARIndian Council of AgriculturalResearch
135 ICBMInter Continental BallisticMissile
136 ICC International Cricket Council
137 ICFTUInternational Confederation of
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Free Trade Unions
138 ICICIIndustrial Credit andInvestment Corporation ofIndia Limited
139 ICJ International Court of Justice
140 ICMRIndian Council of MedicalResearch
141 ICSIIndian Company SecretariesInstitute
142 IDAInternational DevelopmentAgency
143 IDBIIndustrial Development Bankof India
144 IDOInternational DefenceOrganisation
145 IDPLIndian Drugs andPharmaceuticals Limited
146 IFA Indian Football Association
147 IFCIIndustrial Finance Corporationof India
148 IFFIInternational Film Festival ofIndia
149 IFFCOIndian Farmers FertilizersCooperative
150 IFTUInternational Federation ofTrade Unions
151 IIPAIndian Institute of Public
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Administration
152 IIS Indian Institute of Sciences
153 IISCO Indian Iron and Steel Company
154 IIT Indian Institute of Technology
155 ILOInternational LabourOrganisation
156 IMA Indian Military Academy
157 IMF International Monetary Fund
158 INGCAIndira Gandhi Gallery forCulture and Art
159 INS Indian Naval Ship
160 INSAT Indian National Satellite
161 INTELSATInternationalTelecommunication Satellite
162 INTERPOLInternational PoliceOrganisation
163 INTUCIndian National Trade UnionCongress
164 IOCInternational OlympicCommittee / Indian OilCorporation
165 IPC Indian Penal Code
166 IPKF Indian Peace Keeping Force
167 IQ Intelligence Quotient
168 IRBMIntermediate Range Ballistic
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Missile
169 IRC International Red Cross
170 IRDAInsurance RegulatoryDevelopment Authority
171 IRDPIntegrated Rural DevelopmentProgramme
172 ISB Indian Standard Bureau
173 ISM Indian School of Mines
174 ISOInternational Organisation forStandardisation
175 ISP Internet Services Provider
176 ISROIndian Space ResearchOrganisation
177 IST Indian Standard Time
178 ITBP Indo-Tibet Border Police
179 ITDCIndian Tourism DevelopmentCorporation
180 ITPOIndian Trade PromotionOrganisation
181 ITOInternational TradeOrganisation
182 IUCNInternational Union forConservation of Nature andNatural Resource
183 ITUC Indian Trade Union Congress
184 JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
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185 KG Kinder Garten
186 LASERLight Amplification ByStimulated Emission ofRadiation
187 LICLife Insurance Corporation ofIndia
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 LTTELiberation Tigers of TamilElam
196 MA Master of Arts
197 MASERMicrowave Amplification byStimulated Emission ofRadiation
198 MBAMaster of BusinessAdministration
199 MBBSBachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery
200 MBT Main Battle Tank
201 MCAMonetary CompensatoryAllowance / Master of
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Computer Application
202 MCC Melbourne Cricket Club
203 MD Doctor of Medicine
204 MFN Most Favoured Nation
205 MI Military Intelligence
206 MISAMaintenance of InternalSecurity Act
207 MITMechachusates Institute ofTechnology (USA)
208 MLAMember of LegislativeAssembly
209 MLC Member of Legislative Council
210 MNC Multi National Corporation
211 MRCPMember of Royal College ofPhysicians
212 MRCSMember of Royal College ofSurgeons
213 MRTPCMonopoly and RestrictiveTrade Practices Commission
214 MODVAT Modified Value Added Tax
215 NABARDNational Bank for Agriculturaland Rural Development
216 NACO National AIDS ControlOrganisation
217 NAEPNational Adult Education
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Programme
218 NAFEDNational Agricultural andMarketing Federation
219 NAFTANorth American Free TradeAgreement
220 NAPP Narora Atomic Power Plant
221 NASANational Aeronautics andSpace Administration (USA)
222 NASDAQNational Association ofSecurity Dealer's ActiveQuotation
223 NASSCOMNational Association ofSoftware & Service Companies
224 NATONorth Atlantic TreatyOrganisation
225 NCWNational Commission forWomen
226 NCCR National Council for Civil Right
227 NCERTNational Council ofEducational Research &Training
228 NDA National Defence Academy
229 NDDBNational Dairy DevelopmentBoard
230 NDF National Defence Fund.
231 NEERINational EnvironmentEngineering Research Institute
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232 NEFA North-East Frontier Agency
233 NEPANational EnvironmentProtection Authority
234 NFDCNational Film DevelopmentCorporation
235 NFL National Fertilizer Limited
236 NHRCNational Human RightsCommission
237 NICONew Information andCommunication Order
238 NIDCNational IndustrialDevelopment Corporation
239 NIITNational Institute ofInformation Technology
240 NIMHANSNational Institute of MentalHealth and Neuro-Sciences
241 NITIENational Institute for Trainingin Industrial Engineering
242 NMDSNational Missile DefenceSystem (US)
243 NMEPNational Malaria EradicationProgramme
244 NOIDANew Okhla IndustrialDevelopment Authority
245 NPC National Productivity Council
246 NPP National Population Policy
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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247 NPT Treaty
248 NRDCNational Research andDevelopment Corporation
249 NREPNational Rural EmploymentProgramme
250 NRI Non Resident Indian
251 NSC National Security Council
252 NSSONational Sample SurveyOrganisation
253 NTC National Textile Corporation
254 NTPCNational Thermal PowerCorporation
255 OGL Open General Licence
256 OIL Oil India Limited
257 OK All Correct
258 ONGCOil and Natural GasCommission
259 OPECOrganisation of PetroleumExporting Countries
260 PCI Press Council of India
261 PCS Provincial Civil Services
262 Ph. D Doctor of 'Philosophy
263 PIN Postal lndex Number
264 PLOPalestine LiberationOrganisation
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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 PVCPoly Vinyl Chloride / ParamvirChakra
272 PVSM Param Vishisht Seva Medal
273 PWD Public Work's Department
274 PWG People's War Group
275 QEDQuod Erat Demonstrandum(Which was to be proved)
276 QEFQuod Erat Faciendum (Whichwas to be done)
277 QEIQuod Erat Inveniendum(Which was to be found)
278 QMG Quarter Master General
279 RADARRadio Angle Direction andRange
280 RAW Research and Analysis Wing
281 R & D Research and Development
282 RBI Reserve Bank of India
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283 RCC Reinforced Cement Concrete
284 RDX Research Developed Explosive
285 RIMCRashtriya Indian MilitaryCollege
286 RMS Railway Mail Service
287 RLEGPRural Landless EmploymentGuarantee Programme
288 RNA Ribonucleic Acid
289 RPM Revolutions Per Minute
290 RSSRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh
291 RTO Regional Transport Officer
292 SAARCSouth Asian Association forRegional Cooperation
293 SAC Space Application Centre
294 SAFTASouth Asian Free TradeAgreement
295 SAI Sports Authority of India
296 SAILSteel Authority of IndiaLimited
297 SAPTASouth Asian Preferential TradeArrangement
298 SARSSevere Acute RespiratorySyndrome
299 SCSecurity Council/SupremeCourt
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300 SCI Shipping Corporation of India
301 SCOPEStanding Conference of PublicEnterprises
302 SCRASpecial Class RailwayApprentice
303 SDR Special Drawing Rights
304 SEBISecurity Exchange Board ofIndia
305 SGPCSiromani GurudwaraPrabandhak Committee
306 SHAR Shri Harikota Range
307 SIDBISmall Industries DevelopmentBank of India
308 SISSecret Intelligence Service(U.K)
309 SITASuppression of .ImmoralTraffic in Women and Girls Act
310 SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle
311 SPCASociety for the Prevention ofCruelty of Animals
312 SPICMC
Society for the Promotion ofIndian Classical music andculture
313 STARSSatellite Tracking and RangingStation
314 STD Subscribers Trunk Dialing
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315 STPI Software Technology Parks ofIndia
316 SWAPOSouth West African People'sOrganisation
317 TATravelling Aliowance /Territorial Anmy
318 TELCOTata Engineering andLocomotive Company
319 TELEX Teleprinter Exchange
320 TISCOTata Iron and Steel CompanyLimited
321 TNT Tri-nitro-toluene
322 TOEFLTest of English as a ForeignLanguage
323 TRAITelecom Regulatory Authorityof India
324 TRIPSTrade Related IntellectualProperty Rights
325 TTE Travelling Ticket Examiner
326 TTFITable Tennis Federation ofIndia
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
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332 ULFAUnited Liberation Front ofAssam
333 UNASURUnion of South AmericanNations (Spanish: Unión deNaciones Suramericanas)
334 UNCTADUnited Nations Conference onTrade and Development
335 UNDPUnited Nations DevelopmentProgramme
336 UNEFUnited Nations EmergencyForce
337 UNEPUnited Nations EnvironmentProgramme
338 UNESCOUnited Nations EconomicSocial and CulturalOrganisation
339 UNFPAUnited Nations for PopulationActivities
340 UNHCRUnited Nations HighCommission for Refugees
341 UNI United News of India
342 UNICEFUnited Nations InternationalChildren's Emergency Fund
343 UNO United Nations Organisation
344 UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
345 UPSCUnion Public ServiceCommission
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346 USSR Union of Soviet SocialistRepublic
347 UTI Unit Trust of India
348 VAT Value Added Tax
349 VDISVoluntary Disclosure ofIncome Scheme
350 VCVice-Chancellor / VictoriaCross
351 VIP Very Important Person
352 VPP Value Payable Post
353 VRS Voluntary Retirement Scheme
354 VSNLVidesh Sanchar NigamLimited
355 VSSC Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
356 WEF World Economic Forum
357 WHO World Health Organisation
358 WILL Wireless in Local Loop
359 WMOWorld MeteorologicalOrganisation
360 WWF World Wild Life Fund
361 WPI Wholesale Price Index
362 WTO World Trade Organisation
363 WWFWorld Wild Life Fund forNature
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364 WWW World Wide Web
365 YMCAYoung Men's ChristiansAssociation
366 YWCAYoung Women's ChristiansAssociation
367 ZBB Zero Based Budgeting
368 ZSI Zoological Survey of India
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