Abbreviations for Competitive Exams

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 Important Abbreviations for Competitive Exams

AC- Alternating Current/ Air Conditioner

AERB- Atomic Energy Regulation Board

AFC-Asian Football Confederation

AI- Air India

AIDS- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIIMS- All India Institute of Medical Sciences

AIR- All India Radio

APEC- Asia Pacific Economic Community

ASEAN- Association of South East Asian Nations

ATM- Automated Teller Machine

ATP- Adenosine tri-phosphate

ATS- Anti-tetanus Serum

AIFF- All India Football Federation

ASLV- Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle

AVTAR- Army Vocational Training and rehabilitation

BARC- Bhava Atomic Research Centre

BBC- British Broadcasting Corporation

BCCI- Board of Control for Cricket in India

BCG- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin   ( a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB))

BDO- Block Development Officer

BPL- Below Poverty line

BSF- Border Security Force

BSNL- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

CAT-Common Admission test, Career Aptitude test

CRY- Child Relief and You.

CYMK- Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and (key)black

CFC- Chlorofluorocarbon (Chloro-Fluro-Carbon)

CID- Criminal Investigation Department

CBI- Central Bureau of Investigation

CD- Compact Disc

CTBT-Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

DDT- Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethen)

DIG- Deputy Inspector General

DVD- Digital versatile disc (Digital Versatile / Video Disc)

DTP -Desktop Publishing

D. Litt- Doctor of Literature

DTH- Direct to Home

ECG-Electrocardiogram

EEG- Electro Encephalogram

EMU- Electric Multiple Unit

E-Mail- Electronic Mailing /Electronic Mail

ELISA- enzyme-linked immunoassay                 / Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay

FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation of Physicians

FRCP- Fellow of the Royal College

FRCS-Fellow of the Royal College of surgeons

FIR- First Information report

FCI- Food Corporation of India

FERA-Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

FIFA- International Federation of Association Football (English ) 

( French) Federation Internationale de Football Association

FM- Frequency Modulation (Radio)

GATE- Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering

GATT- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

GIS- Geographical Information System

GMT-Greenwich Mean Time

GPS- Global Positioning System

GSLV- Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)  

HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HMT- Hindustan Machine Tools

HMV- His master's voice

http- Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTML- Hyper Text Markup Language

IST- Indian Standard time

IPC- Indian Postal code

ISO- International Standard Org

IAS- Indian Administrative Service

IGNOU- Indira Gandhi National Open University

IIT- Indian Institute of Technology

ILO-International Labour Organization

IMF- International Monetary Fund

INSAT- Indian National Satellite

INTUC- Indian National Trade Union Congress

IPS- Indian Police Service

IQ- Intelligence Quotient

IRDP- Integrated Rural Development Programme

ISD- International Subscriber Dialling / International Subscriber Dialing  

ISRO-Indian Space Research Organization

LCD-Liquid Crystal Display

LASER- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

LPG-Liquefied Petroleum Gas

LAN- Local Area Network

MMS- Multimedia Messaging Service

MBA- Master of Business Administration

MAT- Management Aptitude Test /

MBBS-Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MLA-Member of Legislative Assembly

MOU- Memorandum of Understanding

METSAT- Meteorological Satellite

NCERT- National Council of Educational Research and Training

NAM- Non-Aligned Movement

NABARD- National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

 NIIT- National Institute of Information Technology

NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCC- National Cadet Crops

NGO- Non-Government Organization

ONGC-Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

OPEC- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OBC- Other backward classes

PCO - Public Call Office

PAN- Permanent Account Number

PIN- Postal Index Number

PWD- Public Works Department

RADAR- Radio Detecting and Ranging

RAF- Rapid Action Force

RPF- Railway Protection Force

SAARC- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SAIL-Steel Authority of India Limited

SLV Satellite Launch Vehicle

SLR- Single-lens reflex camera /Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SEBI- Securities Exchange Board of India

SENSEX-Sensitivity Index (of share price)

SMS- Short Messaging service

SIM- subscriber identification module /subscriber identity module

STD- Subscriber trunk dialling / Subscriber trunk dialing

TRP- Television Rating Points

TB- Tubercle bacillus

TRAI- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

UGC- University Grants Commission

UNICEF- United Nations Children's Fund

UNDP- United Nations Development

UTI- Unit Trust of India

VAT- Value Added Tax

VCD-Video Compact Disc.

VCP- Video Cassette Player

VIP- Very Important Person

VSNL-Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited

WHO World Health Organization

WTO- World Trade Organization,

World Tourism Org.

WWF- World Wide Fund for nature

www-World Wide Web

ZPG-Zero Population Growth