What is Abbreviation?
An abbreviation is a shortened form of a phrase or word. Abbreviation consists of a group of first letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, CPU: Central Processing Unit, GK: General Knowledge.
Abbreviation is a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole word or phrase.
Following tables are the set or list of General Knowledge Abbreviations from 'A' to 'Z':
Abbreviations staring from 'A'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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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 Ashok Chakra/ Air Conditioner/ Antarctic Club |
6. | ACC | Anxillary 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. | AITUC | 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 |
Abbreviations staring from 'B'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | BAMS | Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery |
2. | BARC | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre |
3. | BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
4. | BC | Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus) |
5. | BCG | Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine) |
6. | BCCI | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
7. | BEL | Bharat Electronics Limited |
8. | BENELUX | Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg |
9. | BHEL | Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited |
10. | BIFR | Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board) |
11. | BIMSTEC | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation |
12. | BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
13. | B Pharma | Bachelor of Pharmacy |
14. | BSF | Border Security Force |
Abbreviations staring from 'C'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | CAD | Command Area Developmeent |
2. | CAG | Comptroller and Auditor General |
3. | CARE | Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere |
4. | CASE | Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy |
5. | CAT | Central Administrative Tribunal, Computerised Axial Tomography |
6. | CAZRI | Central Arid Zone Research Institute |
7. | СВІ | Central Bureau of Investigation |
8. | CBSE | Central Board of Secondary Education |
9. | CCEA | Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs |
10. | CCS | Cabinet Committee on Security |
11. | C-DAC | Centre For Development of Advance Computing |
12. | CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
13. | CDRI | Central Drug Research Institute |
14. | CDS | Compulsory Deposit Scheme |
15. | CHOGM | Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting |
16. | CID | Criminal lInvestigation Department |
17. | CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
18. | CISF | Central Industrial Security Force |
19. | CITU | Centre of Indian Trade Unions |
20. | CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
21. | COD | Central Ordnance Depot |
22. | COFEPOSA | Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act |
23. | СРО | Central Passport Organisation |
24. | CPRI | Central Power Research Institute |
25. | CRPF | Central Reserve Police Force |
26. | CRR | Cash Reserve Ratio |
27. | CSIR | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
28. | CSO | Central Statistical Organisation |
29. | CTS | Computerised Tomography Scanner |
30. | CVC | Central Vigilance Commission |
Abbreviations staring from 'D'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | DDT | Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane |
2. | DFDR | Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box) |
3. | DIG | Deputy Inspector General |
4. | D. Lit. | Doctor of Literature |
5. | DM | District Magistrate |
6. | DMK | Dravida Munetra Kazhagam |
7. | DNA | Di-oxyrib0-Nucleic Acid |
8. | DPAP | Drought Prone Area Programme |
9. | DPC | Dabhol Power Company |
10. | DPSA | Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft |
11. | DRDO | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
12. | DTH | Direct to Home |
13. | DVD | Digital Versatile Disk |
Abbreviations staring from 'E'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | EAS | Employment Assurance Scheme |
2. | ECD | European Central Bank |
3. | ECG | Electro Cardiogram |
4. | EEC | European Economic Community |
5. | EEG | Electro Encephalogram |
6. | ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay |
7. | EMF | Electromotive Force |
8. | EPABX | Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
9. | EPZ | Export Processing Zone |
10. | ERDA | Energy Research and Development Administration |
11. | ESMA | Essential Services Maintenance Act |
12. | EVM | Electronic Voting Machine |
13. | EXIM Bank | Export-Import Bank of India |
Abbreviations staring from 'F'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
2. | FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) |
3. | FBTR | Fast Breeder Test Reactor |
4. | FCI | Food Corporation of India/ Fertilizer Corporation of india |
5. | FDR | Flight Data Recorder (Black Box) |
6. | FERA | Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
7. | FEMA | Foreign Exchange Management Act |
8. | FICCI | Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
9. | FIPB | Foreign Investment Promotion Board |
10. | FIR | First Information Report |
11. | FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society |
12. | FTll | Films and Television Institute of India |
13. | FTZ | Free Trade Zone |
Abbreviations staring from 'G'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | GAIL | Gas Authority of India Limited |
2. | GATT | General Agreement on Tariff and Trade |
3. | GIC | General Insurance Corporation |
4. | GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
5. | GNLF | Gorkha National Liberation Front |
6. | GNP | Gross National Product |
7. | GPF | General Provident Fund |
8. | GPO | General Post Office |
9. | GPS | Global Positioning System |
10. | GSI | Geological Survey of lndia |
11. | GST | Goods and Service Tax |
Abbreviations staring from 'H'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | HAC | Hindustan Aluminium Corporation |
2. | HAL | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited |
3. | HCF | Highest Common Factor |
4. | HDFC | Housing Development Finance Corporation |
5. | HIV | Human immuno-deficiency Virus |
6. | HMT | Hindustan Machine Tools |
7. | HUDCO | Housing and Urban Development Corporation |
8. | HYVS | High Yield Variety Seeds |
Abbreviations staring from 'I'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | IAAI | International Airport Authority of India |
2. | IAC | Indian Airlines Corporation |
3. | IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
4. | IARI | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
5. | IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
6. | ICAR | Indian Council of Agricultural Research |
7. | ICBM | Inter Continental Ballistic Missile |
8. | ICC | International Cricket Council |
9. | ICFTU | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
10. | ICICL | Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited |
11. | ICJ | International Court of Justice |
12. | ICMR | Indian Council of Medical Research |
13. | ICSI | Indian Company Secretaries lnstitute |
14. | IDA | International Development Agency |
15. | IDBI | Industrial Development Bank of India |
16. | IDO | International Defence Organisation |
17. | IDPL | Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited |
18. | IFA | Indian Football Association |
19. | IFCI | Industrial Finance Corporation of India |
20. | IFFL | International Film Festival of lndia |
21. | IFFCO | Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative |
22. | ITU | International Federation of Trade Unions |
23. | IIPA | Indian Institute of Public Administration |
24. | IIS | Indian Institute of Sciences |
25. | IISCO | Indian Iron and Steel Company |
26. | IIT | Indian Institute of Technology |
27. | ILO | International Labour Organisation |
28. | IMA | Indian Military Academy |
29. | IMF | international Monetary Fund |
30. | INGCA | Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art |
31. | INS | Indian Naval Ship |
32. | INSAT | Indian National Satellite |
33. | INTELSAT | International Telecommunication Satellite |
34. | INTERPOL | International Police Organisation |
35. | INTUC | Indian National Trade Union Congress |
36. | IOC | International Olympic Committee/Indian Oil Corporation |
37. | IPC | Indian Penal Code |
38. | IPKF | Indian Peace Keeping Force |
39. | IQ | Intelligence Quotient |
40. | IRBM | Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile |
41. | IRC | International Red Cross |
42. | IRDA | Insurance Regulatory Development Authority |
43. | IRDP | Integrated Rural Development Programme |
44. | ISB | Indian Standard Bureau |
45. | ISM | Indian Schoo! of Mines |
46. | ISO | International Organisation for Standardisation |
47. | ISP | Internet Services Provider |
48. | ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
49. | IST | Indian Standard Time |
50. | ITBP | Indo-Tibet Border Police |
51. | TDC | Indian Tourism Development Corporation |
52. | ITPO | Indian Trade Promotion Organisation |
53. | ITO | International Trade Organisation |
54. | ITUC | Indian Trade Union Congress |
Abbreviations staring from 'J'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | JMM | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
Abbreviations staring from 'K'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | KG | Kinder Garten |
Abbreviations staring from 'L'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
2. | LIC | Life Insurance Corporation of India |
3. | LLB | Bachelor of Law |
4. | LLM | Master of Law |
5. | LMG | Light Machine Gum |
6. | LOC | Line of Control (Pakistan) |
7. | LoAC | Line of Actual Control (China) |
8. | LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
9. | LSD | Lysergic acid di-ethylamide |
10. | LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam |
Abbreviations staring from 'M'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | MA | Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
2. | MASER | Master of Arts |
3. | MBA | Master of Business Administration |
4. | MBBS | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
5. | MBT | Main Battle Tank |
6. | MCA | Monetary Compensatory Allowance/Master of Computer Application |
7. | MCC | Melbourne Cricket Club |
8. | MD | Doctor of Medicine |
9. | MFN | Most Favoured Nation |
10. | MI | Military Intelligence |
11. | MISA | Maintenance of Internal Security Act |
12. | MIT | Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA) |
13. | MLA | Member of Legislative Assembly |
14. | MLC | Member of Legislative Council |
15. | MNC | Multi National Corporation |
16. | MRCP | Member of Royal College of Physicians |
17. | MRCS | Member of Royal College of Surgeons |
18. | MRTPC | Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission |
19. | MODVAT | Modified Value Added Tax |
Abbreviations staring from 'N'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | NABARDD | National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development |
2. | NACO | National AIDS Control Organisation |
3. | NAEP | National Adult Education Programmne |
4. | NAFED | National Agricultural and Marketing Federation |
5. | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
6. | NAPP | Narora Atomic Power Plant |
7. | NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) |
8. | NASSCOM | National Association of Security Dealer's Active Quotation |
9. | NCW | National Association of Software & Service Companies |
10. | NASDAQ | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
11. | NATO | National Commission for Women |
12. | NCCR | National Council for Civil. Right |
13. | NCERT | National Council of Educational Research & Training |
14. | NDA | National Defence Academy |
15. | NDDB | National Dairy Development Board (Anand, Gujara) |
16. | NDF | National Defence Fund |
17. | NEERI | National Environment Engineering Research Institute |
18. | NEFA | North-East Frontier Agency |
19. | NEPA | National Environment Protection Authority |
20. | NFDC | National Film Development Corporation |
21. | NFL | National Fertilizer Limited |
22. | NHRC | National Human Rights Commission |
23. | NICO | New Information and Communication Order |
24. | NIDC | National Industrial Development Corporation |
25. | NIIT | National Institute of Information Technology |
26. | NIMHANS | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences |
27. | NITIE | National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering |
28. | NMDS | National Missile Defence System (US) |
29. | NMEP | National Malaria Eradication Programme |
30. | NOIDA | New Okhla Industrial Development Authority |
31. | NPC | National Productivity Council |
32. | NPP | National Population Policy |
33. | NPT | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
34. | NRDC | National Research and Development Corporation |
35. | NREP | National Rural Employment Programme |
36. | NRI | Non Resident Indian |
37. | NSC | National Security Council |
38. | NSSO | National Sample Survey Organisation |
39. | NTC | National Textile Corporation |
40. | NTPC | National Thermal Power Corporation |
Abbreviations staring from 'O'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | OGL | Open General Licence |
2. | OIL | Oil India Limited |
3. | OK | All Correct |
4. | ONGC | Oil and Natural Gas Commission |
5. | OPEC | Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
Abbreviations staring from 'P'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | PCI | Press Council of India |
2. | PCS | Provincial Civil Services |
3. | Ph. D | Doctor of Philosophy |
4. | PIN | Postal Index Number |
5. | PLO | Palestine Liberation Organisation |
6. | PM | Post Meridian/ Prime Minister |
7. | POTA | Prevention of Terrorism Act |
8. | PSLV | Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle |
9. | PTI | Press Trust of India |
10. | PRO | Public Relations Officer |
11. | PTO | Please Turn Over |
12. | PVC | Poly Vinyl Chloride/ Paramvir Chakra |
13. | PVSM | Param Vishisht Seva Medal |
14. | PWD | Public Work's Department |
15. | PWG | People's War Group |
Abbreviations staring from 'R'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | RADAR | Radio Angle Direction and Range |
2. | RAW | Research and Analysis Wing |
3. | R &D | Research and Development |
4. | RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
5. | RCC | Reinforced Cement Concrete |
6. | RDX | Research Developed Explosive |
7. | RIMC | Rashtriya Indian Military College |
8. | RMS | Railway Mail Service |
9. | RLEGP | Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme |
10. | RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
11. | RPM | Revolutions Per Minute |
12. | RSS | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh |
13. | RTO | Regional Transport Officer |
Abbreviations staring from 'S'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
2. | SAC | Space Application Centre |
3. | SAFTA | South Asian Free Trade Agreement |
4. | SAL | Sports Authority of India |
5. | SAIL | Steel Authority of India Limited |
6. | SAPTA | South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement |
7. | SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
8. | SC | Security Council/ Supreme Court |
9. | SCI | Shipping Corporation of India |
10. | SCOPE | Standing Conference of Public Enterprises |
11. | SCRA | Special Class Railway Apprentice |
12. | SDR | Special Drawing Rights |
13. | SEBI | Security Exchange Board of India |
14. | SGPC | Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee |
15. | SHAR | Shri Harikota Range |
16. | SIDBI | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
17. | SIS | Secret Intelligence Service (U.K) |
18. | SITA | Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act |
19. | SLV | Satellite Launch Vehicle |
20. | SPCA | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals |
21. | SPIC MACAY | Society for the Promotion of indian Classical music and culture |
22. | STARS | Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station |
23. | STD | Subscribers Trunk Dialing |
24. | STP | Software Technology Parks of India |
25. | SWAPO | South West African People's Organisation |
Abbreviations staring from 'T'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | TA | Travelling Allowance/Territorial Army |
2. | TC | Transfer Certificate, Trusteeship Council |
3. | TELCO | Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company |
4. | TELEX | Teleprinter Exchange |
5. | TISCO | Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited |
6. | TNT | Tri-nitro-toluene |
7. | TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
8. | TRA | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
9. | TRIPS | Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
10. | TTE | Travelling Ticket Examiner |
11. | TTFI | Table Tennis Federation of India |
12. | TWA | Trans World Airlines (USA) |
Abbreviations staring from 'U'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | UDC | Upper Division Clerk |
2. | UFO | Unidentified Flying Object |
3. | UGC | University Grants Commission |
4. | UHT | Ultra High Temperature |
5. | ULFA | United Liberation Front of Assam |
6. | UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
7. | UNDP | United Nations Develópment Programme |
8. | UNEF | United Nations Emergency Force |
9. | UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
10. | UNESCO | United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation |
11. | UNFPA | United Nations for Population Activities |
12. | UNHCR | United Nations High Commission for Refugees |
13. | UNI | United News of India |
14. | UNICEF | United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
15. | UNO | United Nations Organisation |
16. | UPS | Uninterrupted Power Supply |
17. | UPSC | Union Public Service Commission |
18. | USP | Unique Selling Proposition |
19. | USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republic |
20. | UTI | Unit Trust of India |
Abbreviations staring from 'V'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
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1. | VAT | Value Added Tax |
2. | VDIS | Voluntary Disclosure of lncome Scheme |
3. | VC | Vice-Chancellor/Victoria Crosss |
4. | VIP | Very important Person |
5. | VPP | Value Payable Post |
6. | VRS | Voluntary Retirement Scheme |
7. | VSNL | Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited |
8. | VSSC | Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre |
Abbreviations staring from 'W'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | WWF | World Wild Life Fund |
2. | WPI | Wholesale Price Index |
3. | WTO | World Trade Organisation |
4. | WWF | World Wild Life Fund for Nature |
5. | www | World Wide Web |
6. | WEF | World Economic Forum |
7. | WHO | World Health Organisation |
8. | WILL | Wireless in Local Loop |
9. | WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
Abbreviations staring from 'Y'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | YMCA | Young Men's Christians Association |
2. | YWCA | Young Women's Christians Association |
Abbreviations staring from 'Z'
Sr. | Abbreviation | Full Form |
---|---|---|
1. | ZBB | Zero Based Budgeting |
2. | ZPG | Zero Population Growth |
3. | ZS | Zoological Society |
4. | ZSI | Zoological Survey of India |