Competitive Exams Abbreviations

Essential abbreviations for UPSC, SSC, Banking, and other competitive exams - organized alphabetically with color-coded categories

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Focus on abbreviations from government schemes, international organizations, and economic terms as they are frequently asked in competitive exams. Use the color-coded categories to identify important areas.

Competitive Exams Abbreviations A-Z

A

APMC Govt
Agricultural Produce Market Committee
AMRUT Govt
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
ASEAN Org
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ADB Org
Asian Development Bank
APEC Org
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

B

BRICS Org
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
BIMSTEC Org
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIS Org
Bank for International Settlements
BHEL Govt
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BARC Science
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

C

CAG Govt
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
CBI Govt
Central Bureau of Investigation
CPI Eco
Consumer Price Index
CRPF Govt
Central Reserve Police Force
CSIR Science
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

D

DPSP Govt
Directive Principles of State Policy
DRDO Govt
Defence Research and Development Organisation
DIPP Govt
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
DRI Govt
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
DPS Govt
Delhi Public School

E

ECGC Govt
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
EVM Tech
Electronic Voting Machine
EPFO Govt
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation
ESIC Govt
Employees' State Insurance Corporation
EU Org
European Union

F

FCI Govt
Food Corporation of India
FEMA Govt
Foreign Exchange Management Act
FICCI Org
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FRBM Eco
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
FAO Org
Food and Agriculture Organization

G

GST Eco
Goods and Services Tax
GDP Eco
Gross Domestic Product
GSLV Tech
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GATT Org
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
G20 Org
Group of Twenty

H

HAL Govt
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HRD Govt
Human Resource Development
HPCL Govt
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
HUDCO Govt
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
HIV Medical
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

I

IMF Org
International Monetary Fund
ISRO Tech
Indian Space Research Organisation
IIT Edu
Indian Institute of Technology
ILO Org
International Labour Organization
INSAT Tech
Indian National Satellite System

J

JPC Govt
Joint Parliamentary Committee
JNU Edu
Jawaharlal Nehru University
JCO Govt
Junior Commissioned Officer
JNNURM Govt
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
J&K Govt
Jammu and Kashmir

K

KYC Eco
Know Your Customer
KVIC Govt
Khadi and Village Industries Commission
KPO Eco
Knowledge Process Outsourcing
KVP Govt
Kisan Vikas Patra
KGB Org
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Soviet Security Agency)

L

LIC Govt
Life Insurance Corporation of India
LPG Science
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LAC Govt
Line of Actual Control
Lok Sabha Govt
House of the People (Lower House of Parliament)
L&T Org
Larsen & Toubro

M

MP Govt
Member of Parliament
MLA Govt
Member of Legislative Assembly
MGNREGA Govt
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
MSP Eco
Minimum Support Price
MHRD Govt
Ministry of Human Resource Development

N

NITI Aayog Govt
National Institution for Transforming India
NGO Org
Non-Governmental Organization
NASA Tech
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO Org
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCR Govt
National Capital Region

O

OPEC Org
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
ONGC Govt
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
OBC Govt
Other Backward Class
OECD Org
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIC Org
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

P

PIL Govt
Public Interest Litigation
PPP Eco
Public-Private Partnership
PDS Govt
Public Distribution System
POTA Govt
Prevention of Terrorism Act
PSU Govt
Public Sector Undertaking

Q

QUAD Org
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
QIP Eco
Qualified Institutional Placement
QCO Govt
Quality Control Order
QFI Eco
Qualified Foreign Investor
QSR Tech
Quick Service Restaurant

R

RBI Govt
Reserve Bank of India
RTI Govt
Right to Information
R&D Science
Research and Development
RSS Org
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
RCEP Org
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

S

SAARC Org
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SEBI Govt
Securities and Exchange Board of India
SSC Govt
Staff Selection Commission
SWIFT Org
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
SCO Org
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

T

TRAI Govt
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TDS Eco
Tax Deducted at Source
TRIPS Org
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TIFR Science
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
TAPI Org
Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Pipeline

U

UNESCO Org
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UPSC Govt
Union Public Service Commission
UNICEF Org
United Nations Children's Fund
UIDAI Govt
Unique Identification Authority of India
UGC Govt
University Grants Commission

V

VAT Eco
Value Added Tax
VPN Tech
Virtual Private Network
VVPAT Tech
Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
VSNL Govt
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
VHP Org
Vishva Hindu Parishad

W

WHO Org
World Health Organization
WTO Org
World Trade Organization
WIPO Org
World Intellectual Property Organization
WEF Org
World Economic Forum
WPI Eco
Wholesale Price Index

X

XML Tech
Extensible Markup Language
XDR Tech
External Data Representation
XSS Tech
Cross-Site Scripting
X.25 Tech
Packet Switching Protocol
Xenon Science
Chemical Element (Xe)

Y

Y2K Tech
Year 2000 Problem (Millennium Bug)
YAG Science
Yttrium Aluminium Garnet
YOY Eco
Year Over Year
YUV Tech
Luminance and Chrominance Color Encoding
YMCA Org
Young Men's Christian Association

Z

ZSI Science
Zoological Survey of India
ZBB Eco
Zero-Based Budgeting
ZIP Tech
Zone Improvement Plan (File Format)
ZBNF Science
Zero Budget Natural Farming
Zika Medical
Zika Virus