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.
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
This is useful for Banking Exams (Clerk, PO, MT), SSC, FCI and other Competitive Exams.
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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