List of Important Abbreviations for Entrance Exams 2020

Following abbreviations are important for examination point of view.  

1. AC – Alternate Current / Ashok Chakra / Air Conditioner / Antarctic Club
2. AGOC – Asian Games Organisation Committee
3. ATM– Automated Teller Machine    
4. ABM –  Anti-Ballistic Missile
5. AD – Authorized Dealer
6. AIFF– All India Football Federation
7. AICC – All India Congress Committee
8. AICTE– All India Council of Technical Education
9. AIDS – Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
10. APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
11. APSE– Army Postal Services Core
12. ASSOCHAM – Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry Of India
13. ADF – Asian Development Fund
14. ATM- Automated Teller Machine
15. AFSPA – Armed Forces  Special Power Act
16. BBC – British Broadcasting Services
17. BC – Before Christ
18. BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
19. BSF – Border Security Force
20. BC SBI – Banking code and Standard Board of fund
21. BCCI – Board for Control of Cricket in India
22. BPO – Business Process Outsourcing
23. CAA –  Civil Aviation Authority  
24. CAG Comptroller and Auditor General
25. CABE – Central Advisory Board of Education
26. CAT– Central Administrative Tribunal, Computerised Axial Tomography
27. CBI – Central Bureau of Investigation
28. CBSE – Central. Board of Secondary Education
29. CID- Criminal Investigation Department
30. CISF– Central Industrial Security Force
31. CITU– Centre of Indian Trade Unions
32. CNG– Compressed Natural Gas
33. CPO– Central Passport Organisation
34. CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board
35. DVD – Digital Versatile Disk
36. DAV – Directorate  of Advertising and Visual
37. DDT– Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane
38. DIG – Deputy Inspector General
39. DD – Demand Draft
40. DDS– Data Dissemination Standards
41. DVD– Digital Versatile Disk
42. DRDO – Defence Research and Development Organisation 
43. DTH –  Direct-to-Home
44. ECG –  Electrocardiogram
45. EVM – Electronic Voting Machine
46. ESCAP – Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
47. FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
48. FDR –  Fixed Deposit Receipt
49. FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA)
50. FCI – Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India
51. FIR – First Information Report
52. FTTI – Films and Television Institute of India
53. FTZ– Free Trade Zone
54. FLAG – Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe
55. FICCI – The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
56. GANDHI –  Green Action for National  Dandi Heritage Initiative
57. GAIN – Global Alliance For Improved Nutrition
58. GAIL– Gas Authority of India Limited
59. GATT– General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
60. GIC– General Insurance Corporation 
61. GNP– Gross National Product
62. GPO – General Post Office
63. GPS – Global Positioning System
64. GSI – Geological Survey of India
65. GEF –  Global Environment Fund
66. GPS –  Global Positioning System
67. HAC – Hindustan Aluminium Corporation  
68. HTML –  Hypertext markup language
69. HUDC– Housing and Urban Development Corporation
70. HTTP – Hypertext  Transfer Protocol
71. IAAI – International Airport Authority of India
72. IAC – Indian Airlines Corporation
73. ICC – International Cricket Council
74. ICMR – Indian Council of Medical Research
75. IDA– International Development Agency
76. IFCI– Industrial Finance Corporation of India
77. IFFI– International Film Festival of India
78. IMA- Indian Military Academy
79. IMF– International Monetary Fund
80. INS– Indian National Satellite
81. ITS– International Telecommunication Satellite
82. ITU –  International Telecommunication Union
83. IPC – Indian Penal Code
84. ITO– International Trade Organisation
85. IOC– International Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation
86. ISO–  International Standards Organization
87. ISRO – India Space Research Organization
88. LASER- Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation
89. LOC – Line of Control (Pakistan)
90. LOAC – Line of Actual Control (China)
91. LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas
92. MCA– Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application
93. MNC – Multi National Corporation
94. NASA- National Association of Software & Service Companies
95. NATO– North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
96. NCC– National Council for Civil Right
97. NCERT– National Council of Educational Research & Training
98. NDA – National Defence Academy
99. NEPA– National Environment Protection Authority
100. NHRC– National Human Rights Commission
101. NPC– National Productivity Council
102. NRI– Non Resident Indian
103. NREP– National Rural Employment Programme
104. NSC– National Security Council
105. NSSO– National Sample Survey Organisation
106. NTC– National Textile Corporation
107. NTPC– National Thermal Power Corporation
108. ONGC– Oil and Natural Gas Commission
109. OGL- Open General Licence
110. PCI– Press Council of India
111. PIN– Postal lndex Number
112. PRO– Public Relations Officer
113. PTO– Please Turn Over
114. PWD– Public Work’s Department
115. QRR– Quick Review Report
116. RAW– Research and Analysis Wing
117. R&D– Research and Development
118. RBI– Reserve Bank of India
119. RTO– Regional Transport Officer
120. SAARC– South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
121. SAI– Sports Authority of India
122. SAIL– Steel Authority of India Limited
123. SLV– Satellite Launch Vehicle
124. TRAI– Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
125. TC– Transfer Certificate, Trusteeship Council
126. UGC– University Grants Commission
127. UNDP– United Nations Development Programmer
128. UNESCO– United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
129. UNICEF– United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
130. UNO– United Nations Organisation
131. UPS– Uninterrupted Power Supply
132. UPSC– Union Public Service Commission
133. UTI– Unit Trust of India
134. VAT– Value Added Tax
135. VRS– Voluntary Retirement Scheme
136. WHO- World Health Organisation
137. WPI– Wholesale Price Index
138. WTO– World Trade Organisation
139. ZPG– Zero Population Growth
140. ZSI- Zoological Survey of India

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