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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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