AAFI AAP SO AASU ABM AC ACC AD A DB AERE AGOC AIC C AICTE AIDS AIFE Amateur Athletics Federation of India

Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation A AIIMS AI Students Union Anti Ballistic Missile Alternate Current / Ashok Chakra / Air Conditio L AIMPLB Club Anxillary Cadet Core Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus) Asian Developmen AIR AITU . Atomic Energy Research Establishment Asian Games Organisation Committee A E AM AN Congress Committee All India Council of Technical Education Acquired Immuno De C APEC A Syndrome All India Football Federation All India Institute of Medical Sciences Aero PSC ASEA Limited All India Muslim Personal Law Board All India Radio (Broadcasting) All Ind N ASLV A Congress Anti Meridian (Before Noon) African National Congress Asia Pacific Eco SI ASSOC Cooperation Army Postal Services Core Association of South East Asian Nations A HAM ASW Satellite Launch Vehicle Archaeological Survey of India Associated Chamber of Co AC ATS Industry (India) Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control Anti Tetanus Serum

BAMS BA RC BBC B C BCG B CCI BEL Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Briti BENELUX Broadcasting Corporation Before Christ (Before the birth of Jesus) Bacillus Calmett BHEL BIFR TB Vaccine) Board of Control for Cricket in India Bharat Electronics Limited Belgiu BIMSTE Netherlands and Luxemburg Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited Board of Industrial F C BIS B Reconstruction (Formerly Industrial Reconstruction Finance Board) Bangladesh, Ind Pharma BS Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation Bureau of Indian Standards Bachelor of Pharmacy Border Security Force F

CAD CAG Command Area Development Comptroller and Auditor General Cooperative for Am CARE CA Everywhere Commission for Alternative Sources of Energy Central Administrative T SE CAT C Computerised Axial Tomography Central Arid Zone Research Institute Central Bur AZRI CBI Investigation Central. Board of Secondary Education Cabinet Committee on Econo CBSE CCE Affairs Cabinet Committee on Security Centre For Development of Advance Compu A CCS C- Division Multiple Access Central Drug Research Institute Compulsory Deposit DAC CDM Scheme Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Criminal Investigation A CDRI C Department Commonwealth of Independent States Central Industrial Security Force DS CHOG Indian Trade Unions Compressed Natural Gas Central Ordnance Depot Conserva M CID CIS Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Act Central Passport Organisation Central CISF CIT Research Institute Central Reserve Police Force Cash Reserve Ratio Council of S

U CNG C Industrial Research Central Statistical Organisation Computerised Tomography Sca OD COFEP Vigilance Commission OSA CPO CPRI CR PF CRR C SIR CSO CTS CVC

DDT DFDR DIG D.Lit. DM DMK DNA DPA Dichloro Diphenyle Tri-chloroethane 'Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black box)' Depu P DPC DP General Doctor of Literature District Magistrate Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Di-ox SA DRDO Acid 'Drought Prone Area Programme Dabhol Power Company Deep Penetration DTH DVD Aircraft Defence Research and Development Organisation Direct to Home Digital

EAS ECD ECG EEC EEG ELISA EMF EPA Employment Assurance Scheme European Central Bank Electro Cardiogram Euro BX EPZ E Economic Community Electro Encephalogram Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent As RDA ESMA Electromotive Force Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange Export Proce EVM EXI Zone Energy Research and Development Administration Essential Services Mainte M Bank Act Electronic Voting Machine Export-Import Bank of India

FAO FBI F BTR FCI F DR FERA Food and Agriculture Organisation Federal Bureau of Investigation (USA) Fast Bree FEMA FIC Reactor Food Corporation of India / Fertilizer Corporation of India Flight Data Reco CI FIPB FI Box) Foreign Exchange Regulation Act Foreign Exchange Management Act Feder R FRS FTI Chambers of Commerce and Industry Foreign Investment Promotion Board First In I FTZ Report Fellow of the Royal Society Films and Television Institute of India Free Tra

GAIL GAT Gas Authority of India Limited General Agreement on Tariff and Trade General Insu T GIC GM Corporation Greenwich Mean Time Gorkha National Liberation Front Gross Nation T GNLF G Product General Provident Fund General Post Office Global Positioning System G

NP GPF G Survey of India PO GPS GSI

HAC HAL HCF HDFC HIV HMT Hindustan Aluminium Corporation Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Highest Common HUDCO Factor Housing Development Finance Corporation Human Immuno-deficiency Virus HYVS Machine Tools Housing and Urban Development Corporation High Yield Variety Se

IAAI lAC I AEA IARI IBRD ICAR ICBM ICC ICFTU ICI CI ICJ IC MR ICSI I DA IDBI I DO IDPL I International Airport Authority of India Indian Airlines Corporation International Atom FA IFCI IF Agency Indian Agricultural Research Institute International Bank for Reconstruction FI IFFCO I Development (World Bank) Indian Council of Agricultural Research Inter Continenta FTU IIPA l Missile International Cricket Council International Confederation of Free Trade Unio IS IISCO lI Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited International Court of Justice Ind T ILO IMA Medical Research Indian Company Secretaries Institute International Development IMF INGC Agency Industrial Development Bank of India International Defence Organisation I A INS INS and Pharmaceuticals Limited Indian Football Association Industrial Finance Corpor AT INTELS India International Film Festival of India Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative Inte AT INTERP Federation of Trade Unions Indian Institute of Public Administration Indian Institute OL INTUC Sciences Indian Iron and Steel Company Indian Institute of Technology Internation IOC IPC Organisation Indian Military Academy International Monetary Fund Indira Gandhi G IPKF IQ I Culture and Art Indian Naval Ship Indian National Satellite International Telecomm RBM IRC I Satellite International Police Organisation Indian National Trade Union Congress I RDA IRDP Olympic Committee / Indian Oil Corporation Indian Penal Code Indian Peace Keepi ISB ISM Force Intelligence Quotient Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile International Red ISO ISP IS Cross Insurance Regulatory Development Authority Integrated Rural Development RO IST IT Programme Indian Standard Bureau Indian School of Mines International Organisa BP ITDC I Standardisation Internet Services Provider Indian Space Research Organisation In TPO ITO I Time Indo-Tibet Border Police Indian Tourism Development Corporation Indian Tra TUC Organisation International Trade Organisation Indian Trade Union Congress

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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

JMM

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Kinder Garten

KG

LASER LIC LLB LLM LMG LoC Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation Life Insurance Corporation o LoAC LP India Bachelor of Law Master of Law Light Machine Gum Line of Control (Pakista G LSD LT Actual Control (China) Liquefied Petroleum Gas Lysergic acid di-ethylamide Libera TE Tamil Elam

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MA MASER MBA MBBS MBT MCA MCC MD MFN MI MISA MIT MLA MLC MNC MRCP MRCS MRTPC MODVAT Master of Arts Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Main Battle Tank Monetary Compensatory Allowance / Master of Computer Application Melbourne Cricket Club Doctor of Medicine Most Favoured Nation Military Intelligence Maintenance of Internal Security Act Mechachusates Institute of Technology (USA) Member of Legislative Assembly Member of Legislative Council Multi National Corporation Member of Royal College of Physicians Member of Royal College of Surgeons Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission Modified Value Added Tax

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NABARD NACO NAEP NAFED NAFTA National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development National AIDS Control Organisation National Adult Education Programme National Agricultural and Marketing Federation North American Free Trade Agreement

NAPP NASA NASDAQ NASSCOM NATO NCW NCCR NCERT NDA NDDB NDF NEERI NEFA NEPA NFDC NFL NHRC NICO NIDC NIIT NIMHANS NITIE NMDS NMEP NOIDA NPC NPP NPT NRDC NREP NRI NSC NSSO NTC NTPC

Narora Atomic Power Plant National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA) National Association of Security Dealer's Active Quotation National Association of Software & Service Companies North Atlantic Treaty Organisation National Commission for Women National Council for Civil Right National Council of Educational Research & Training National Defence Academy National Dairy Development Board (Anand, Gujarat) National Defence Fund . National Environment Engineering Research Institute North-East Frontier Agency National Environment Protection Authority National Film Development Corporation National Fertilizer Limited National Human Rights Commission New Information and Communication Order National Industrial Development Corporation National Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering National Missile Defence System (US) National Malaria Eradication Programme New Okhla Industrial Development Authority National Productivity Council National Population Policy Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty National Research and Development Corporation National Rural Employment Programme Non Resident Indian National Security Council National Sample Survey Organisation National Textile Corporation National Thermal Power Corporation

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Open General Licence OGL OIL Oil India Limited OK ONGC All Correct Oil and Natural Gas Commission OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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PCI PCS Press Council of India

Ph. D PIN PL O PM PO TA PSLV PTI PRO PTO PVC PVSM PW D PWG

Provincial Civil Services Doctor of 'Philosophy Posial lndex Number Palestine Liberation Organisation Post Meridian / Prime Minister Prevention of Terrorism Act Polar. Satellite Launch Vehicle Press Trust of India Public Relations Officer Please Turn Over Poly Vinyl Chloride / Paramvir Chakra Param Vishisht Seva Medal Public Work's Department People's War Group

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QED QEF QEI QMG

Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Which was to be proved) Quod Erat Faciendum (Which done) Quod Erat Inveniendum (Which was to be found) Quarter Master General

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RADAR RAW R&D RBI RCC RDX RIMC RMS RLEGP RNA RPM RSS RTO Radio Angle Direction and Range Research and Analysis Wing Research and Development Reserve Bank of India Reinforced Cement Concrete Research Developed Explosive Rashtriya Indian Military College Railway Mail Service Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme Ribonucleic Acid Revolutions Per Minute Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Regional Transport Officer

SAARC SA South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Space Application Centre South C SAFTA Trade Agreement Sports Authority of India Steel Authority of India Limited South A SAI SAIL Preferential Trade Arrangement Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Security Cou SAPTA SA Court Shipping Corporation of India Standing Conference of Public Enterprises Sp RS SC SC Railway Apprentice Special Drawing Rights Security Exchange Board of India Siro I SCOPE Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee Shri Harikota Range Small Industries Developm SCRA SDR India Secret Intelligence Service (U.K) Suppression of .Immoral Traffic in Women a

SEBI SG Act Satellite Launch Vehicle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Socie PC SHAR Promotion of Indian Classical music and culture Satellite Tracking and Ranging SIDBI SIS Station Subscribers Trunk Dialing Software Technology Parks of India South West SITA SLV People's Organisation SPCA SPI CMC STAR S STD ST PI SWAPO

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TA TC TELCO TELEX TISCO TNT TOEFL TRAI TRIPS TTE TTFI TWA Travelling Aliowance / Territorial Anmy Transfer Certificate, Trusteeship Council Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Teleprinter Exchange Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited Tri-nitro-toluene Test of English as a Foreign Language Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Travelling Ticket Examiner Table Tennis Federation of India Trans World Airlines (USA)

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UDC UFO UGC UHT ULFA UNCTAD UNDP UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFPA UNHCR UNI UNICEF UNO UPS UPSC USP USSR UTI Upper Division Clerk Unidentified Flying Object University Grants Commission Ultra High Temperature United Liberation Front of Assam United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Emergency Force United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organisation United Nations for Population Activities United Nations High Commission for Refugees United News of India United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund United Nations Organisation Uninterrupted Power Supply Union Public Service Commission Unique Selling Proposition, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic Unit Trust of India

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VAT VDIS VC VIP VPP VRS VSNL VSSC Value Added Tax Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme Vice-Chancellor / Victoria Cross Very Important Person Value Payable Post Voluntary Retirement Scheme Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

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World Economic Forum World Health Organisation Wireless in Local Loop WEF WHO World Meteorological Organisation WILL WM World Wild Life Fund O WWF W Wholesale Price Index PI WTO W World Trade Organisation WF WWW World Wild Life Fund for Nature World Wide Web

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X-tian Christian

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YMCA YW Young Men's Christians Association CA Young Women's Christians Association

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ZBB ZPG ZS ZSI Zero Based Budgeting Zero Population Growth Zoological Society Zoological Survey of India