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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |

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