GK for SSC, JKSSB EXAMS | ABBREVIATIONS A-Z
A
ABM Anti Ballistic Missiles
ADB Asian Development Bank
AERE Atomic Energy Research Establishment
AFSPA Armed Forces Special Power Act
AGOC Asian Games Organising Committee
AIDS Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences
ALH Advanced Light Helicopter
APPLE Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment
AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASAT Anti-Satellite Weapon
ASIAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASLV Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASI Archaeological Survey of India
ATM Automated Teller Machine
AU African Union
AVES Acute Viral Encephalitic
Syndrome


B
BC SBI Banking Codes and Standard Board of India
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BCG Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-Tuberculosis Vaccine)
BCTT Banking Cash Transaction Tax
BCCI Board for Control of Cricket in India
BENELUX Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg
BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIS Bureau of Indian Standards
BMD Ballistic Missile Defence System
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
BRO Border Roads Organisation


C
CAA Citizenship Amendment Act
CABE Central Advisory Board of Education
CAG Comptroller and Auditor General
CAPES Computer-Aided Paperless Examination System
CAZRI Central Arid Zone Research Institute
CBI Central Bureau of Investigation
CECA Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
CFC Chlorofluoro Carbon
CID Criminal Investigation Department
CISF Central Industrial Security Force
CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
COFEPOSA Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act
CPCB Central Pollution Control Board
CPRI Central Power Research Institute
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

D
DAVP Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
DDT Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant)
DNA De-oxyribonucleic Acid
DPSA Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
DPT Diphteria, Pertussis and Tetanus
DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation
DTH Direct-to-Home (broadcasting)
DVD Digital Versatile Disk


E
ECG Electro Cardiogram
EEG Electro-Encephalography
EET Eastern European Time
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
EVM Electronic Voting Machine


F
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FII Foreign Institutional Investor
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FERA Foreign Exchange Regulations Act
FICCI Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FDR Fixed Deposit Receipt
FLAG Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe


G
GAIN Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
GANDHI Green Action for National Dandi
Heritage Initiative
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GEF Global Environment Fund
GMPS Global Mobile Personal Communications System
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle

H
HAC Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypetext Transfer Protocol
HYV High Yielding Variety


I
IAAI International Airport Authority of India
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research
ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IDBI Industrial Development Bank of India
IMA Indian Military Academy
IMO International Maritime Organisation
INMAS Institute of Nuclear Medicines and Allied Sciences
INSAS Indian Small Arms System
INSAT Indian National Satellite
INTERPOL International Police Organisation
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISCS Integrated Smart Card System
ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation
ITU International Telecommunication Union


J
JNNURM Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

L
LCA Light Combat Aircraft
LOC Line of Control
LOAC Line of Actual Control
LTA Light Transport Aircraft

M
MAT Minimum Alternative Tax
METSAT Meteorological Satellite
MNP Mobile Number Portability
MSS Multimedia Message Service
MODEM MOdulator-DEModulator
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRTS Mass Rapid Transit System
MTCR Missile Technology Control
Regime


N
NAA National Airport Authority
NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NADA National Anti-Doping Agency
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEERI National Environment Engineering Research Institute
NATA Natural Aptitude Test for Architecture
NCEP National Committee on Environmental Planning
NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training
NeGP National e-governance Plan
NEP National Education Policy
NEPA National Environment Protection Authority
NHDP National Highways Development Project
NHRC National Human Right Commission
NITI Aayog National Institution for Transforming India


O
OCI Overseas Citizenship of India
OAS Organisation of American States
OAU Organisation of African Unity
ODS Ozone Depletion Substances
OIC Organisation of Islamic Countries
OPEC Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OSCE Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

P
PURA Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas
PATA Pacific Asia Travel Association
POTA Prevention of Terrorism Act
PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle


Q
QIB Qualified Institutional Buyer
QIP Qualified Institutional Placement

R
RAF Rapid Action Force
RBI Reserve Bank of India
RCC Reinforced Concrete Cement
RDSS Radio Determination Satellite Service
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement System
RTE Right to Education
RTI Right to Information


S
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area
SAIL Steel Authority of India Limited
SAPTA SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement
SATNAV SATellite NAVigation
SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
SAVE SAARC Audio Visual Exchange
SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
SEBI Securities and Exchange Board of India
SIDBI Small Industries Development Bank of India
SPIN Software Process Improvement Networks
STARS Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

T
ADA Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
TAPS Tarapur Atomic Power Station
TIN Tax Identification Number
TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRIPS Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
TVOA Tourist Visa on Arival


U
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities
UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply


V
VAT Value Added Tax
VOIP Voice Over Internet Protocol
VPN Virtual Private Network
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminals


W
WADA World Anti-Doping Agency
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WAVE Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise
WFP World Food Programme
WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions
WHO World Health Organisation
WLL Wireless in Local Loop
WWW World Wide Web

X
XML Extensible Markup Language

Y
YWCA Young Women’s Christian
Association

Z
ZSI Zoological Survey of India
ZUPO Zimbabwe United People
Organisation
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