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L

  • LASER → Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  • LIC → Life Insurance Corporation of India
  • LLB → Bachelor of Law
  • LLM → Master of Law
  • LMG → Light Machine Gun
  • LoC → Line of Control (Pakistan)
  • LoAC → Line of Actual Control (China)
  • LPG → Liquefied Petroleum Gas
  • LSD → Lysergic acid di-ethylamlde
  • LTTE → Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam

M

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

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N

  • NABARD → National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development
  • NACO → National AIDS Control Organisation
  • NAFED → National Agricultural and Marketing Federation
  • NAFTA → North American Free Trade Agreement
  • NASA → National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
  • NASDAQ → National Association of Security Dealer’s Active Quotation
  • NASSCOM → National Association of Software & Service Companies
  • NATO → North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
  • NCW → National Commission for Women
  • NCERT → National Council of Educational Research & Training
  • NDA → National Defence Fund
  • NDDB → National Dairy Development Board (Anand, Gujarat)
  • NDF → National Defence Fund
  • NEERI → National Environment Engineering Research Institute
  • NEFA → North-East Frontier Agency
  • NEPA → National Environment Protection Authority
  • NFDC → Nation Film Development Corporation
  • NFL → National Fertilizer Limited
  • NHRC → National Human Rights Commission
  • NIDC → National Industrial Development Corporation
  • NIIT → National Institute of Information Technology
  • NIMHANS → National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
  • NITIE → National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
  • NMDS → National Missile Defence System (US)
  • NMEP → National Malaria Eradication Programme
  • NOIDA → New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
  • NPC → National Productivity Council
  • NPP → National population Policy
  • NPT → Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • NRDC → National Research and Development Corporation
  • NRI → Non Resident Indian
  • NSC → National Security Council
  • NSSO → National Sample Survey Organisation
  • NTC → National Textile Corporation
  • NTPC → National Thermal Power Corporation

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O

  • OGL → Open General Licence
  • OIL → Oil India Limited
  • OK → Orl Korrect (All Correct)
  • ONGC → Oil and Nature Gas Commission
  • OPEC → Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

P

  • PCI → Press Council of India
  • PCS → Provincial Civil Services
  • Ph. D → Doctor of Philosophy
  • PIN → Postal Index Number
  • PLO → Palestine Liberation Organisation
  • PM → Post Meridian / Prime Minister
  • POTA → Prevention of Terrorism Act
  • PSLV → Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • PTI → Press Trust of India
  • PRO → Public Relations Officer
  • PTO → Please Turn Over
  • PVSM  → Param Vishisht Seva Medal
  • PWD → Public Work’s Development
  • PWG → People’s War Group

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R

  • RADAR → Radio Angel Direction and Range
  • RAW → Research and Analysis Wing
  • R & D → Research and Development
  • RBI → Reserve Bank of India
  • RCC → Reinforced Cement Concrete
  • RDX → Research Development Explosive
  • RIMC → Rashtriya Indian Military Collage
  • RMS → Railway Mail Service
  • RNA → Ribonucleic Acid
  • RPM → Revolution Per Minute
  • RSS → Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
  • RTO → Regional Transport Officer

S

  • SAARC → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  • SAC → Space Application Centre
  • SAFTA → South Asian Free Tread Agreement
  • SAI → Sports Authority of India
  • SAIL → Steel Authority of India Limited
  • SARS → Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • SC → Security Council / Supreme Court
  • SCI → Shipping Corporation of India
  • SCOPE → Standing Conference of Public Enterprises
  • SCRA → Special Class Railway Apprentice
  • SDR → Special Drawing Rights
  • SEBI → Security Exchange Board of India
  • SGPC → Siromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee
  • SHAR → Shri Harikota Rango
  • SIDBI → Small Industries Development Bank of India
  • SITA → Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Woman and Girls Act
  • SLV → Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • SPIC → Society for the Promotion of Indian
  • STARS → Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station
  • STD → Subscribers Trunk Dialing

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T

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

U

  • UDC → Upper Division Clerk
  • UFO → Unidentified Flying Object
  • UGC → University Grants Commission
  • ULFA → United Liberation Front of Assam
  • 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 Economic Social and Cultural Organisation
  • UNFPA → United Nations of Population Activity
  • UNHCR → United Nations High Commission for Refugees
  • UNI → United News of India
  • UNICEF → United Nations International children’s Emergency found
  • UNO → United Nations Organisations
  • UPS → Uninterrupted Power Supply
  • UPSC → Union Public Service Commission
  • USP → Unique Selling Proposition
  • USSR → Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
  • UTI → Unit Trust of India

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V

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

W

  • WEF → World Economic Forum
  • WHO → World Health Organisation
  • WIIL → Wireless in Local Coop
  • WMO → World Meteorological Organisation
  • WWF → World Wild Life Found
  • WPI → Wholesale Price Index
  • WTO → World Trade Organisation
  • WWF → World Wild Life Fund for Nature
  • WWW → World Wide Web

Y

  • YMCA → Young Men’s Christians Association
  • YWCA → Young Woman’s Christians Association

Z

  • ZBB → Zero Based Budgeting
  • ZSI → Zoological Survey of India

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