Important Abbreviations for Entrance Exams
Sr. No.
Abbreviation
Stands For
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
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
196
MA
Master 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 Person
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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