Abbreviations are commonly required in the competitive exams but it takes a fair amount of time in order to search through the internet and find the right answer for the term a student is looking for. In the following list, almost all the important abbreviations that can be fruitful for a competitive exam aspirant, have been enlisted.

Abbreviations starting with the letter “A”:

  •  ADB: Asian Development Bank 
  •  ADR: American Depositary Receipt 
  •  AGM: Annual General Meeting 
  •  AIDWA: All India Democratic Women’s Association 
  •  AIT UC: All India Trade Union Congress 
  •  AMFI: Association of Mutual Funds in India
  •  APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
  •  APL: Above Poverty Line 
  •  APM: Administered Pricing Mechanism 
  •  ARC: Asset Reconstruction Company 
  •  ARDR: Agricultural and Rural Debt Relief
  •  ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations 
  •  ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Automated teller machine 
  •  AC Alternating Current 
  •  AG: Accountant General 
  •  AICC: All India Congress Committee 
  •  AIR: All India Radio 
  •  AM: Antemeridian 
  •  ARP: Air Raid Precaution 
  •  ABM: Anti Ballistic Missiles
  • ABVP: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad 
  •  AC: Alternating Current; Ashoka Chakra 
  •  ACU: Asian Currency Union
  •  ADC: Aide-de-Camp; Access Deficit Charge 
  •  ADF: Asian Development Fund 
  •  ADIDAS: All Day I Dream about sports 
  •  ADS: Air Defence Ship 
  •  AG: Accountant General; Adjutant General  
  •  AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 
  •  AllMS: All India Institute of Medical Sciences 
  •  AIR: All India Radio; Annual Information Report 
  •  am: ante meridiem; before noon
  • AT&T: American telegraphic and Telephone Co. Ltd. 
  •  ATA: Air Time Authority; Allen Telescope Array 
  •  ATC: Air Traffic Controller 
  •  ATM: Automatic Teller Machine 
  •  ATR: Action Taken Report 
  •  ATV: Automatic Transfer Vehicle 
  •  AUDI : Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt 
  •  AUM: Assets Under Management 
  •  AVC: Army Veterinary Corps 
  •  AVM: Additional Volatility Margin 
  •  AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
  • ASCI: Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative 
  • ASCII: American Standard Code for Information

Abbreviations starting with the letter “B”:

  • BA: Bachelor of Arts 
  •  BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation 
  •  BC: Before Christ 
  •  BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin 
  •  BEd: Bachelor of Education 
  •  BSF: Border Security Force 
  •  BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 
  •  BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation 
  •  BC: Before Christ; Board of Control; British Columbia; Battery Commander
  • BSF: Border Security Force 
  •  BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 
  •  BCBS: Basel committee for Banking Supervision 
  •  BCSBI: Banking Codes and Standards Board of India 
  •  BIFR: Board of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction 
  •  BIS: Bank for International Settlements, Bureau of Indian Standards 
  •  BOLT: BSE On-Line Trading (System) 
  •  BOP: Balance of Payments 
  •  BOT: Build, Operate and Transfer 
  •  BPL: Below Poverty Line 
  •  BPO: Business Process Outsourcing 
  •  BSCS: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision 
  •  BSE: Bombay Stock Exchange 
  •  BSR: Basic Statistical Returns

Abbreviations starting with the letter “C”:

  • C & AG : Comptroller & Auditor General 
  •  CA: Chartered Accountant 
  •  CABE: Central Advisory Board of Education 
  •  CACP: Commission of Agriculture Cost and Price 
  •  CAD: Capital Account Deficit 
  •  CAG: Controller and Auditor General of India 
  •  CAPART: Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology 
  •  CAR: Capital adequacy ratio 
  •  CARE: Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. 
  •  CBS: Core banking solution 
  •  CC: Cash Credit
  • COD: Central Ordnance Depot; Cash on Delivery 
  •  CPCB: Central Pollution Control Board 
  •  CPI: Communist Party of India 
  •  CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxists) 
  •  CPU: Central Processing Unit 
  •  CR: Central Railway 
  •  CRAC: Cyber Regulation Advisory Council 
  •  CRDi: Common Rail Direct injection 
  •  CRISIL: Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited 
  •  CRM: Customer Relationship Management 
  •  CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force 
  •  CRR: Cash Reserve Ratio 
  •  CSIR: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 
  •  CTBT: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 
  •  CTT: Commodities Transaction Tax 
  •  CVRDE: Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment

Abbreviations starting with the letter “D”:

  • DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance 
  •  DAP: Development Action Plan 
  •  DBOD: Department of Banking Operations and Development 
  •  DBS Bank Ltd: The Development Bank of Singapore Limited. 
  •  DCA: Department of Company Affairs 
  •  DCM: Department of Currency Management 
  •  DD: Demand Draft 
  •  DDS: Data Dissemination Standards 
  •  DICGC: Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India 
  •  DMA: Departmentalized Ministries Account 
  •  DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor 
  •  DPEP: District Primary Education Program 
  •  DC: Direct Current 
  •  DDT: Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-Ethane 
  •  DIR: Defence of India Rules Esq: Esquire 
  •  DLO: Dead Letter Office 
  •  DPI: Director of Public Instruction 
  •  DA: Dearness Allowance; Daily Allowance 
  •  DAVP: Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
  • DDT: Dichloro-Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane (disinfectant) 
  •  DIN: Director Information Number 
  •  DM: District Magistrate; Deputy Minister 
  •  DMIC: Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor 
  •  DMK: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a regional political party of Tamil Nadu) 
  •  DNA: Deoxy-ribo Nucleic Acid 
  •  DO: Demi-official (letter) 
  •  DOD: Department of Ocean Development 
  •  DPEP: District Primary Education Programme 
  •  DPI: Director of Public Instruction 
  •  DRAM: Dynamic Random Access Memory 
  •  DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organisation 



Abbreviations starting with the letter “E”:

  • EDUSAT: Education Satellite 
  •  EEE: Exempt Exempt Exempt 
  •  EEFC Accounts: Exchange Earners Foreign Currency Account 
  •  EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation 
  •  EFA: Education for All 
  •  EFT: Electronic fund transfer 
  •  EGOM: Empowered Group of Ministers 
  •  EMI: Equated Monthly Instalment 
  •  EMS: European Monetary System 
  •  EPF: Employees Provident Fund 
  •  EPFO: Employees Provident Fund Organisation 
  •  ERNET: Educational and Research Network 
  •  ESA: European Space Agency 
  •  ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacify 
  •  ESMA: Essential Services Maintenance Act
  •  EDUSAT: Education Satellite 
  •  EEG: Electro-encephalography 
  •  EET: Exempt Exempt Taxation 
  •  EFA: Education for All 
  •  EFF: Extended Fund Facility 
  •  EHTP: Electronic Hardware Technology Parks 
  •  ELISA: Enzyme-Linked Immuno Solvent Assay (used for testing AIDS)

Abbreviations starting with the letter “F”:

  • FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation 
  •  FCCB: Foreign Currency Convertible Bond 
  •  FCNR: Foreign Currency (Non-Resident) Accounts Scheme 
  •  FCNR(B): Foreign Currency Currency Non-Repatriable (Banks) 
  •  FCNR(B) : Foreign Currency Non-resident (Banks) 
  •  FDI: Foreign Direct Investment 
  •  FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act 
  •  FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act 
  •  FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 
  •  FII: Foreign Institutional Investors 
  •  FIMMDA: Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India 
  •  FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (Of India) 
  •  FMCG: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
  • FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (of the U.S.A.) 
  •  FCNR: Foreign Currency (non-resident) Accounts Scheme 
  •  FDR: Flight Data Recorder; Fixed Deposit Receipt 
  •  FEMA: Foreign Exchange Management Act 
  •  FERA: Foreign Exchange Regulations Act 
  •  FICCI: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 
  •  FII: Foreign Institutional Investors 
  •  FIPB: Foreign Investment Promotion Board (of India) 
  •  FLAG: Fibre Optic Link Around the Globe 
  •  FM: Field Marshal; Frequency Modulated 
  •  FPSB: Financial Planning Standards Boards (India) 
  •  FRBM: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management 
  •  FSSA: Food Safety and Standards Authority (of India) 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “G”:

  •  GCC: Gulf Cooperation Council 
  •  GDP: Gross Domestic Product 
  •  GEF: Global Environment Fund 
  •  GIC: General Insurance Corporation 
  •  GNP: Gross National Product 
  •  GOI: Government of India 
  •  GST: Goods and Service Tax 
  •  GK: General Knowledge 
  •  GMT: Greenwich Mean Time 
  •  GPF: General Post Office 
  •  GAGAN: GPS-aided Geo-augmented Navigation 
  • GIST: Graphics and Intelligence based Script Technology 
  •  GPS: Global Mobile Personal Communications System 
  •  GMRT: Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope 
  •  GMT: Greenwich Mean Time 
  •  GNP: Gross National Product 
  •  GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System 
  •  GOC: General Officer Commanding 
  •  GOOGLE: Global Organisation Of Oriented Group Language of Earth 
  •  GPO: General Post Office 
  •  GPRS: General Packet Radio System 
  •  GPS: Global Positioning System 
  •  GSLV: Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 
  •  GSP: Generalised Special Preferences 
  •  GST: Goods and Service Tax 
  •  GSTP: Global System of Trade Preferences

Abbreviations starting with the letter “H”:

  • HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited 
  •  HDI: Human Development Index 
  •  HSBC: Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited 
  •  HUDCO: Housing & Urban Development Corporation 
  •  HMT: Hindustan Machine Tools 
  •  HP: Horse Power 
  •  HAWS: High Altitude Warfare School 
  •  HCF: Highest Common Factor 
  •  HDFC: Housing Development Finance Corporation 
  •  HDI: Human Development Index 
  •  HDTV: High Definition Television
  • HMS: Hybrid Mail Service 
  •  HP: Himachal Pradesh; Horizontal Plane; Horse Power 
  •  HTML: HyperText Markup Language 
  •  HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
  •  HUDCO: Housing and Urban Development Corporation 
  •  HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current

Abbreviations starting with the letter “I”:

 

  •  IAAI: International Airport Authority Of India 
  •  IAAS: Indian Audit and Accounts Service 
  •  IADF:  International Agricultural Development Fund 
  •  IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency 
  •  IASB: The International Accounting Standards Board 
  •  IBRD:  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
  •  ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 
  •  ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  • IDBI: Industrial Development Bank of India 
  •  IDR: Indian Depository Receipts 
  •  IES: Indian Economic Service 
  •  IEX: Indian Energy Exchange 
  •  IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development 
  •  IFC: International Finance Corporation 
  •  IFRS: International Financial Reporting Standard 
  •  IFSC:  Indian Financial System Code 
  •  IFTU: International Federation of Trade Unions 
  • ISKCON: International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
  •  ISO: International Standardisation Organisation 
  •  ISP: Internet Service Provider 
  •  ISRO: Indian Space Research Organisation 
  •  ISS: International Space Station 
  •  IST: Indian Standard Time 

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “J”:

  • JNNURM: Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission 
  •  JCO: Junior Commissioned Officer 
  •  JPC: Joint Parliamentary Committee 
  •  JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group 
  •  JWG: Joint Working Group

Abbreviations starting with the letter “K”:

  • Kg: Kilogramme 
  •  KG: Kindergarten 
  •  KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing 
  •  KPO: Knowledge Process Outsourcing 
  •  KVIC: Khadi & Village Industries Corporation 
  •  KYC: Know your customer

Abbreviations starting with the letter “L”:

  •  LBW: Leg Before Wicket Ltd-Limited 
  •  LMG: Light Machine Gun 
  •  LMP: Licentiate in the practice of Medicine 
  •  LAC: Line of Actual Control 
  •  LASER: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation 
  •  LCA: Light Combat Aircraft 
  •   LDC: Least Developed Countries 
  •   LHC: Large Hadron Collider 
  •  LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (of India) 
  •  LLP: Limited Liability Partnership 
  •  LML: Lohia Machines Limited 
  •  LOAC: Line of Actual Control 
  •  LTA: Light Transport Aircraft 
  •  LTTE : Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 
  •  LAMPS: Large-sized Adivasi Multipurpose Societies 
  •  LDC: Least Developed Countries 
  •  LIBOR: London Interbank Offer Rate 
  •  LIC: Life Insurance Corporation (Of India) 
  •  LLP: Limited Liability Partnership

Abbreviations starting with the letter “M”:

  • MA: Moving Average 
  •  MAIT: Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology 
  •  MAT: Minimum Alternative Tax 
  •  MCA: Ministry of Company Affairs 
  •  MCAP: Market capitalization / Midcap 
  •  MDG: Millennium development goals 
  •  MEP: Minimum Export Price 
  •  MFA: Multi-Fiber Agreement 
  •  MFI: Microfinance institution 
  •  MFIN: Microfinance institution network 
  •  MFN: Most Favoured Nation 
  •  MGNREGA: National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 
  •  MIBOR: Mumbai Interbank offer rate
  •  MPEG: Motion Picture Experts Groups 
  •  MRF: Madras Rubber Factory 
  •  MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
  •  MRTPC: Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practises Commission 
  •  MRTS: Mass Rapid Transit System 
  •  MSA: Maritime Safety Agency 
  •  MSCF: Maritime Security Cooperation Framework 
  •  Mss: Manuscript 
  •  MTCR: Missile Technology Control Regime 
  •  MTO: Multilateral Trade Organisation 
  •  MUNO: Maha Vir Chakra 
  •  MVC: Maha Vir Chakra

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “N”:

  • NABARD: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development 
  •  NAEP: National Adult Education Program 
  •  NAFED: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd 
  •  NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement 
  •  NAM: Non-Aligned Movement 
  •  NAMA: Non-Agriculture Market Access 
  •  NASDAQ: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation 
  •  NASSCOM: National Association of Software and Services Companies 
  •  NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 
  •  NAV: Net Asset Value 
  •  NBFC: Non-Banking Finance Companies
  •  NCERT: National Council Of Education Research And Training 
  •  NCPCR: National Commission for Protection of Child Rights 
  •  NDC: National Development Council 
  •  NEFT: National Electronic Fund Transfer 
  •  NEGP: National E-Governance Plan 
  •  NEP: National Education Policy 
  •  NFO: New Fund Offers 
  •  NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation 
  •  NHAI: National Highways Authority of India 
  •  NHDP: National Highways Development Project 
  •  NHRC: National Human Rights Commission 
  •  NIC: National Industrial Classification 
  •  NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology
  •  NRI: Non-Resident Indian 
  •  NSC: National Statistical Commission 
  •  NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited 
  •  NSE: National Stock Exchange 
  •  NSSO: National Sample Survey Organisation 
  •  NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation 
  •  NCC: National Cadet Corps 
  •  PDF: National Defence Fund 
  •  NEFA: North East Frontier Agency 
  •  NSS: National Service Scheme 
  •  NAA: National Airport Authority
  •  NRSA: National Remote Sensing Agency 
  •  NSA: National Security Act 
  •  NSC: National Service Corps; National Security Council 
  •  NSDL: National Securities Depository Limited 
  •  NSE: National Stock Exchange 
  •  NSR: National Skills Registry 
  •  NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation 
  •  NWDA: National Water Development Agency 
  •  NWRC: National Water Resources Council 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “O”:

  •  OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries 
  •  OIL: Oil India Limited 
  •  OLTAS: On-Line Tax Accounting System 
  •  OMCS: Oil Marketing Companies 
  •  ONGC: Oil And Natural Gas Commission 
  •  OPEC: Organisation Of Petroleum Exporting Countries 
  •  OSCE: Organisation For Security And Cooperation In Europe 
  • OBC: Other Backward Classes 
  •  OBU: Offshore Banking Unit 
  •  ODA: Official Development Assistance 
  •  ODF: Open Document Format 
  •  ODS: Ozone Depletion Substances 
  •  OECD: Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development 
  •  OGL: Open General Licence 
  •  OIC: Organisation of Islamic Countries 
  •  OIGS: On India Government Service 
  •  OIL: Oil India Limited 
  •  ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Commission 
  •  OPEC: Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries 
  •  OSCE: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
  •  OSD: Officer on Special Duty 
  •  OXML: Open Extended Marking Language



Abbreviations starting with the letter “P”:

 

  • PAC: Public Accounts Committee 
  •  PACS: Primary Agriculture Credit Societies 
  •  PAN: Permanent Account Number (Of Income-Tax) 
  •  PATA: Pacific-Asia Travel Association 
  •  PCI: Per capita income 
  •  PD: Primary Deficit 
  •  PDO: Public Debt Office 
  •  PDS: Public Distribution System 
  •  PIL: Public Interest Litigation 
  •  PIO: Persons Of Indian Origin 
  •  PN: Participatory Note 
  •  PNB: Punjab National Bank. 
  •  PO: Principal Office 
  • POW: Prisoner of War 
  •  PP: Public Prosecutor; Particular Person 
  •  PRO: Public Relations Officer 
  •  PS: Post Scriptum; PostScript; written after 
  •  PSC: Public Service Commission 
  •  PSE: Public Sector Enterprises 
  •  PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 
  •  PTA: Preferential Trade Area 
  •  PTI: Press Trust of India 
  •  PTO: Please Turn Over; Privilege Ticket Order 
  •  PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids 
  •  PVC: Param Vir Chakra 
  •  PVSM: Param Vishisht Seva Medal 
  •  PWD: Public Works Department

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Q”:

 

  •  QIB:  Qualified Institutional Buyer 
  •  QIP: Qualified Institutional Placement 
  •  QR: Quantitative Restriction 
  •  QMG: Quarter Master General 
  •  QR: Quantitative Restriction

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “R”:

 

  • RBI: Reserve Bank Of India 
  •  RDBMS: Relational Database Management System 
  •  RE: Revenue Expenditure 
  •  REC: Rural Electrification Corporation 
  •  RIDF: Rural infrastructure development fund 
  •  RMB: Renminbi (Chinese) 
  •  RR: Revenue Receipts 
  •  RRB: Regional Rural Bank 
  •  RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index 
  •  RSETI: Rural Self Employment Training Institute 
  •  RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement 
  •  R&D: Research and Development 
  •  RSS: Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh 
  •  RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging 
  •  RAF: Rapid Action Force 
  •  RAM: Random Access Memory
  •  RLO: Returned Letter Office 
  •  RLV: Reusable Launch Vehicle 
  •  RPM: Revolution Per Minute 
  •  RPO: Recruitment Process Outsourcing; Regional Passport Officer 
  •  RRB: Regional Rural Bank 
  •  RRPI: Rural Retail Price Index 
  •  RTGS: Real Time Gross Settlement System 
  •  RTI: Right to Information

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “S”:

 

  • SBI: State Bank of India. 
  •  SC: Schedule Caste 
  •  SCO: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation 
  •  SCOPE: Standing Conference On Public Enterprises 
  •  SDF: shipping declaration form 
  •  SDR: Special Drawing Rights 
  •  SEBI: Securities and Exchange Board of India 
  •  SEBI: Securities And Exchange Board Of India 
  •  SEWA: Self-employed women’s association 
  •  SEZ: Special Economic Zone 
  •  SFC: State Financial Corporation 
  •  SGL: Subsidiary General Ledger 
  •  SIDBI: Small Industries Development Bank of India 
  •  SLR: Statutory Liquidity Ratio 
  •  SSI: Small-Scale Industries 
  •  ST: Schedule Tribe
  •  SEATO: South East Asia treaty Organisation 
  •  ST: Scheduled Tribe 
  •  SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 
  •  SAFTA: South Asian Free Trade Area 
  •  SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited 
  •  SAPTA: SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement 
  •  SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 
  •  SATNAV: Satellite Navigation (Initiative) 
  •  SAVE: SAARC Audio Visual Exchange 
  •  SC: Security Council; Supreme Court; Scheduled Caste
  • SOS: Save Our Souls distress signal 
  •  SPG: Special Protection Group 
  •  SPIN: Software Process Improvement Networks 
  •  SPV : Solar Photo Voltaic 
  •  SQUID: Superconducting Quantum Interference Device 
  •  SRE: Space Capsule Recovery Experiment 
  •  SRV: Submarine Rescue Vessel 
  •  SSN: Social Security Number 
  •  STARS: Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station 
  •  START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
  •  STD: Subscriber Trunk Dialling; Sexually Transmitted Diseases 
  •  STEP: Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park 
  •  STT: Securities Transaction Tax

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “T”:

 

  • TC: Temporary Change 
  •  TDS: Tax Deduction at Source 
  •  TIFR: Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research 
  •  TIN: Tax Information Network 
  •  TINXSYS: Tax Information Exchange System 
  •  TISCO: Tata Iron and Steel Company 
  •  TPDS: Targeted Public Distribution System 
  •  TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority Of India 
  •  TRIMS: Trade-Related Investment Measures 
  •  TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights 
  •  TRYSEM: Training Of Rural Youth For Self Employment 
  •  TT: Telegraphic Transfer 
  •  TA: Travelling Allowance 
  •  TB: Tuberculosis 
  •  TELEX: Teleprinter Exchange 
  •  TMO: Telegraphic Money
  • TA: Travelling Allowance; Territorial Army 
  •  TAAI: Travel Agents Association of India 
  •  TACDE: Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment 
  •  TADA: Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act 
  •  TAPS: Tarapur Atomic Power Station 
  •  TB: Tuberculosis 
  •  TCP: Transfer Call Protocol 
  •  TDC: Transport Development Council 
  •  TDS: Tax Deduction at Source 
  •  TDSAT: Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal 
  •  TELCO: Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company 
  •  TERLS: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station 
  •  TFT: Thin-Film Transistor 
  •  TIFR: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  • TNT: Tri-nitro-toluene (high explosive) 
  •  TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language 
  •  TPP: 20-Point Programme 
  •  TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 
  •  TRIMs: Trade-Related Investment Measures 
  •  TRIPS: Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights 
  •  TRP: Television Rating Points; Tax Return Preparer 
  •  TRYSEM: Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment 
  •  TTE: Travelling Ticket Examiner 
  •  TTF: Tourism Task Force 
  •  TVS : T.V Sundaram(Co-Founder)

Abbreviations starting with the letter “U”:

  •  UNCTAD: United Nations Conference On Trade And Development 
  •  UNFCCC: United nation framework convention on climate change 
  •  UNFPA : United Nations Fund For Population Activities 
  •  UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees 
  •  UNHRC: United Nations Human Rights Commission 
  •  UNICEF: United Nations International Children’s (Emergency) Fund 
  •  UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 
  •  UNRRA: United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration 
  •  UNDP: United nations Development Programme 
  •  UNO: United Nations Organisation 
  •  UAE: United Arab Emirates 
  •  UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
  •  UF: United Front 
  •  UFO : Unidentified Flying Object 
  •  UGC: University Grants Commission 
  •  UK: United Kingdom 
  •  ULFA: United Liberation Front of Assam 
  •  UN: United Nations 
  •  UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
  •  UNDP: United Nations Development Programme 
  •  UNEF: United Nations Emergency Force 
  •  UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme 
  •  UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 
  •  UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Abbreviations starting with the letter “V”:

  • VAT: Value-Added Tax 
  •  VC: Venture Capital 
  •  VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme 
  •  VRS: Voluntary Retirement Scheme 
  •  VIP: Very Important Person 
  •  VPP: Value Payable Post 
  •  VC: Vice-Chancellor; Vice Counsel; Victoria Cross; Vir Chakra 
  •  VCR: Video Cassette Recorder 
  •  VDIS: Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme 
  •  VHRR: Very High-Resolution Radiometer 
  •  VIP: Very Important Person 
  •  VIRUS: Vital Information Resources Under Siege 
  •  VISI: Very Large Scale Integration 
  •  VOIP: Voice Over Internet Protocol 
  •  VPN: Virtual Private Network

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “W”:

 

  •  WMO: World Meteorological Organisation 
  •  WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency 
  •  WAP: Wireless Application Protocol 
  •  WAVE: Wireless Access for Virtual Enterprise 
  •  WDF: Wasteland Development Force 
  •  WEF: World Economic Forum 
  •  WFP: World Food Programme 
  •  WFTU: World Federation of Trade Unions 
  •  WGIG: Working Group on Internet Governance 
  •  WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation 
  •  WIPRO: Western Indian Products
  •  WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organisation 
  •  WMO: World Meteorological Organisation 
  •  WTO: World Trade Organisation



Abbreviations starting with the letter “X”:

 

  • XML: Extensible Mark-up Language

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Y”:

 

  • YWCA: young women’s Christian Association 
  • YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association

 

Abbreviations starting with the letter “Z”:

 

  • ZAPU: Zimbabwe Africa Peoples Union 
  • ZPZ: Zero Population Growth 
  • ZS: Zoological Society 
  • ZIP: Zone Improvement Plan

  • Conclusion

    You are only left with practice now, so just polish your memorising skills. And learn a few more tricks to memorise abbreviations. You are good to go now and kill every simplification and approximation question in your exam.