Common General knowledge questions and answers for students.
AACI :- Airportt Association Council International
AAGSP :- All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad
AAPSO :- Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation
AASU :- All Assam Students Union
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ABM :- Anti Ballistic Missile
ABCDE :- Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics
ABSU :- All Bodo Students Union
ABT :- Availability Based Tariff
AC :- Alternate Current or Ashok Chakra or Air Conditioner or Antarctic Club
AD :- Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
ADA :- Air Defence Artillery
ADB :- Asian Development Bank
AERE :- Atomic Energy Research Establishment
AEO :-American Eagle Outfitters
AFLP :- Accelerated Female Literacy
AFPPD :- Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population & Development
AGF :- Asian Games Federation
AGOC :- Asian Games Organization Committee
AICC :- All India Congress Committee
AICTE :- All India Council of Technical Education
AICCTU :- All India Central Council of Trade Unions
AICI :- Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India
AIDS :- Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIFF :- All India Football Federation
AIIMS :- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
AIL :- Aeronautics India Limited
AIMPLB :- All India Muslim Personal Law Board
AINEC :- All India Newspapers Editors Conference
AIR :- All India Radio
AITUC :- All India Trade Union Congress
ALH :- Advanced Light Helicopter
AM :- Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
AMIE :- Associate Member of the Institute of Engineers
ANC :- African National Congress
APNN :- Asian Pacific News Network
APEC :- Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation
APPLE :- Asian Passenger Payload Experiment
APPU :- Asian Pacific Postal Union
ARF :- Asian Regional Forum
ARDS :- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ASEAN :- Association of South East Asian Nations
ASLV :- Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
ASI :- Archaeological Survey of India
ASSOCHAM :- Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
AWACS :- Airborne Warning and Control System
ATCI :- Air Time Committee of India
ATF :- Aviation Turbine Fuel
ATPLO :- All Tripura Peoples Liberation Organisation
ATS :- Anti Tetanus Serum
ATTF :- All Tripura Tribal Force
AVARD :- Association of Voluntary Agencies for Rural Development
BAMS :- Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
BARC :- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BBC :- British Broadcasting Corporation
BC :- Before Christ
BCG :- Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti TB Vaccine)
BCCI :- Board of Control for Cricket in India
BCCL :- Bharat Cooking Coal Limited
BDL :- Bharat Dynamics Limited
BEL :- Bharat Electronics Limited
BENELUX :- Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg
BHEL :- Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
BICP :- Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices
BIFR :- Board of Industrial Finance and Reconstruction
BIMSTEC :- Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka,Thailand Economic Cooperation
BIS :- Bureau of Indian Standards/ British Information Service
BIS :- Bank for International Settlements
BLTF :- Bodo Liberation Tigers Force
BPO :- Business Process Outsourcing
B.PHARMA :- Bachelor of Pharmacy
BRL :- Bharat Refineries Ltd
BSF :- Border Security Force
BTC :- Bodoland Territorial Council
CORE :- Congress on Racial Equality
CPCB :- Central Pollution Control Board
CPCRI :- Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
CPO :- Central Passport Organization
CPRI :- Central Power Research Institute
CRP :- Central Reserve Police
CRR :- Cash Reserve Ratio
CSE :- Centre for Science and Environment
CSCE :- Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSIR :- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
CTEPC :- Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council
CTS :- Computerised Tomography Scanner
COCA :- Control of Organized Crime Act
CVC :- Central Vigilance Commission
CVR :- Cockpit Voice Recorder
DAVP :- Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity
DCA :- Drug and Cosmetic Act
DCI :- Dredging Corporation of India
DDT :- Dichloro Diphenyle Trichloroethane
DDP :- Desert Development Programme
DFDR :- Digital Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
DIG :- Deputy Inspector General
D.Lit :- Doctor of Literature
DGCA :- Director General of Civil Aviation
DICGC :- Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
DIG :- Defence Intelligence Group
DLO :- Dead Letter Office
DGCEI :- Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence
DM :- District Magistrate
DMK :- Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
DMRL :- Defence Metalurgical Research Laboratory
DNA :- Di-oxyribo Nucleic Acid
DNEM :- Dynamic Numeric Encoding Method
DPAP :- Drought Prone Area Programme
DPCS :- Defence Satellite Communication System
DPC :- Dabhol Power Company
DPCO :- Drug Prices Control Order
DPSA :- Deep Penetration Strike Aircraft
DRDO :- Defence Research and Development Organization
DRI :- Director of Revenue Intelligence
DSP :- Digital Signal Processing
DST :- Department of Science & Technology
DTH :- Direct To Home
DOTS :- Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse
DVC :- Damodar Valley Corporation
DVD :- Digital Versatile Disk
EAA :- Easy Animal Aid
EAS :- Employment Assurance Scheme
ECB :- European Central Bank
ECG :- Electro Cardiogram Graph
ECIL :- Electronic Corporation of India Limited
ECM :- European Common Market
ECOWAS :- Economic Cooperation Organization of West African States
EEC :- European Economic Community
EEG :- Electro Encephalogram Graph
EFTA :- European Free Trade Association
EGPWS :- Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System
EHTP :- Electronics Hardware Technology Park
ELCINA :- Electronics and Radar Development Establishment
ELISA :- Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay
EMF :- Electromotive Force
EMI :- Equal Monthly Installment
EMR :- Exclusive Marketing Right
EMS :- European Monetary System
EMU :- Electric Multiple Unit
ENLF :- Elam National Liberation Front
EOW :- Economic Offence Wing
EPIP :- Export Promotion Industrial Park
EPRLF :- Elam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
EPZ :- Export Processing Zone
ERDA :- Energy Research and Development Administration
ERS :- European Remote Sensing Satellite
ERTS :- Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ESA :- European Space Agency
ESCAP :- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
ESMA :- Essential Services Maintenance Act
EVM :- Electronic Voting Machine
EVTR :- Electro Video Tape Recording
EXIM :- bank Export-Import Bank of India
EURECA :- European Research Coordinating Agency
FAO :- Food and Agriculture Organization
FARC :- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia
FBI :- Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBTR :- Fast Breeder Test Reactor
FCV :- Flue Cured Virginia (a kind of tobacco)
FCI :- Food Corporation of India/Fertilizer Corporation of India
FDR :- Flight Data Recorder (Black Box)
FERA :- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FEMA :- Foreign Exchange Management Act
FFI :- Film Federation of India
FICCI :- Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
FIEO :- Federation of Indian Export Organization
FIIA :- Foreign Investment Implementation Authority
FIIT :- Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer
FIPB :- Foreign Investment Promotion Board
FIR :- First Information Report
FRS :- Fellow of the Royal Society
FTA :- Free To Air
FTII :- Films & Television Institute of India
FTZ :- Free Trade Zone
GAIL :- Gas Authority of India Limited
GATT :- General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
GAVI :- Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization
GCC :- Gulf Cooperation Council
GIC :- General Insurance Corporation
GMPCS :- Global Mobile Personal Communications System
GMRT :- Giant Meterweb Radio Telescope
GMT :- Greenwich Mean Time
GNLF :- Gorkha National Liberation Front
GNP :- Gross National Product
GPF :- General Provident Fund
GPO :- General Post Office
GPRS :- General Packet Radio Service
GPS :- Global Positioning System
GRA :- Global Research Alliance
GSDI :- Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
GSI :- Geological Survey of India
GSTP :- Global System of Trade Practices
GSOMIA :- General Security of Military Information Agreement
HAC :- Hindustan Aluminium Corporation
HADP :- Hill Area Development Programme
HAL :- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HARK :- Handy Audio Reach Kit System
HARTRDN :- Haryana State Electricity Development Corporation Limited
HCF :- Highest Common Factor
HDFC :- Housing Development Finance Corporation
HDPE :- High Density Poly Ethylene
HDTV :- High Definition Television
HEC :- Heavy Engineering Corporation
HEL :- Heavy Electricals Limited
HESH :- High Explosive Squash Head
HISA :- Hero Indian Sports Academy
HIV :- Human Immuno-deficiency Virus
HMI :- Himalayan Mountaineering Institute
HMT :- Hindustan Machine Tools
HPTS :- High Power Television Transmitter System
HTR :- High Temperature Reactor
HUDCO :- Housing and Urban Development Corporation
HYVS :- High Yield Variety Seeds
IMCO :- Inter-government Meritime Consultative Organization
IMF :- Indian Mountaineering Foundation/International Monetary Fund
IMPPA :- Indian Motion Picture Producers Asscoation
INGCA :- Indira Gandhi Gallery for Culture and Art
INMURSAT :- International Maritime Satellite Organisation
INMAS :- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
INS :- Indian Naval Ship/Indian Newspapers Society
INSAT :- Indian National Satellite
INSDOC :- Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
INTAC :- Indian National Trust for Art and Culture
INTELSAT :- International Telecommunication Satellite
INTERFEET :- International Force for East Timor
INTERPOL :- Interpole Police Organisation
INCOSPAR :- Indian National Committee for Space Research
INTUC :- Indian National Trade Union Congress
IOC :- International Olympic Committee/Indian Oil Corporation
IPC :- Indian Penal Code
IPCC :- Inter-government Panel on Climate Chance
IPI :- International Press Institution
IPKF :- Indian Peace Keeping Force
IP-VPN :- Internet Protocol based Virtual Private Network
IQ :- Intelligence Quotient
IRA :- Irish Republic Army/Insurance Regulatory Authority
IRAS :- Infrared Astronomical Satellite
IRBM :- Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRCON :- Indian Railway Construction Company
IRCS :- Indian Red Cross Society
IRDA :- Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
IRDP :- Integrated Rural Development Programme
IRO :- International Refugee Organization
IRSS :- Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
ISAF :- International Security Assistance Force
ISAS :- Institute of Space and Astronomical Science
ISB :- Indian Standard Bureau
ISBA :- International Sea Bed Authority
ISCUS :- Indo-Soviet Cultural Society
ISE :- International Stock Exchange
ISM :- Indian School of Mines
ISO :- International Standardized Organization
ISP :- Internet Services Provider
ISRO :- Indian Space Research Organization
ISS :- Institute of Social Sciences
ISSP :- Indian Scientific Satellite Project
IST :- Indian Standard Time
ITBP :- Indo-Tibet Border Police
ITDC :- Indian Tourism Development Corporation
ITES :- IT-Enabled Services
ITPO :- Indian Trade Promotion Organization
ITO :- International Trade Organization
ITR :- Integrated Test Range
ITU :- International Telecommunication Union
ITUC :- Indian Trade Union Congress
IUC :- Interconnect Usage Charges
IUCAA :- Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUCNNR :- International Union for the Conservation of Natural and National Research
IVRI :- Indian Veterinary Research Institute
IVRS :- Interactive Virus Response System
IWT :- Indus Water Treaty
IYSH :- International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
J2SE :- Java 2 Standard Edition OR Java 2 Special Edition
J2ME :- Java 2 Micro Edition OR Java 2 Mobile Edition
JCWI :- Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
JKLF :- Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
JMM :- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
KAADC :- Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council
KARP :- Kalpakkam Atomic Reprocessing Plant
KG :- Kinder Garten
KRM :- Kashmir Resolution Movement
KSTPS :- Kota Super Thermal Power Station
KVIC :- Khadi and Village Industries Commission
LAC :- Line of Actual Control
LAHDC :- Ladakh Hill Development Council
LASER :- Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LCM :- Lowest Common Multiple
LDC :- Lower Division Clerk
LIBOR :- London Inter Bank Offered Rate
LIC :- Life Insurance Corporation of India
LLB :- Bachelor of Law
LLD :- Doctor of Law
LLM :- Master of Law
LMG :- Light Machine Gun
LOC :- Line of Control
LOAC :- Line of Actual Control
LPA :- Laws Prevention Association of India
LPG :- Liquefied Petroleum Gas
LSD :- Lysergic acid Di-ethylamide
LTTE :- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
MA :- Master of Arts
MAIT :- Manufacturer's Association of Information Technology
MAPP :- Madras Atomic Power Project
MASER :- Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
MBA :- Master of Business Administration
MBBS :- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MCA :- Master of Computer Application
MCC :- Melbourne Cricket Club
MCF :- Master Control Facility
MCOCA :- Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act
MD :- Doctor of Medicine
MECL :- Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited
MEET :- Mission for Extension of Educational Technology
MENAS :- Middle East Navigation Aids Service
MERC :- Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
METO :- Middle East Treaty Organization
MFALA :- Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labour Agency
MFALS :- Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Liberation Scheme
MFN :- Most Favoured Nation
MI :- Military Intelligence
MIGA :- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MISA :- Maintenance of Internal Security Act
MIT :- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MLA :- Member of Legislative Assembly
MLC :- Member of Legislative Council
MMDS :- Multiple Microwave Distribution System
MMTC :- Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation
MNAMS :- Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences
MNC :- Multi National Corporation
MNLF :- Moro National Liberation Front
MPLS :- Micro Protocol Label Switching
MPLANDS :- Member of the Parliament Local Areas Development Scheme
MRTPC :- Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practice Commission
MRTS :- Mass Rapid Transport System
MSA :- Maritime Safety Agency
MST :- Multi System Transmission
MTCT :- Mother to Child Transmission
MTCR :- Missile Technology Control Regime
MODVAT :- Modified Value Added Tax
MULTA :- Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam
NICD :- National Institute of Communicable Diseases
NIDC :- National Industrial Development Corporation
NIEO :- New International Economic Order
NIIT :- National Institute of Information Technology
NIMHANS :- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Science
NITIE :- National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering
NLFT :- National Liberation Front of Tripura
NLOT :- National Large Optical Telescope
NMDC :- National Mineral Development Corporation
NMDS :- National Missile Defense System
NMEP :- National Malaria Eradication Programme
NMHC :- National Material Handling Council
NOAA :- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOIDA :- New Okhla Industrial Development Authority
NPB :- Nuclear Power Board
NPC :- National Productivity Council
NPCC :- National Project Construction Corporation
NPCIL :- Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
NPL :- National Physical Laboratory
NPP :- National Population Policy
NPT :- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRAI :- National Rifle Association of India
NRC :- National Reconstruction Core
NRDC :- National Research and Development Corporation
NREP :- National Rural Employment Programme
NRI :- Non Resident Indian
NSA :- National Security Act
NSC :- National Security Council / National Savings Certificate
NSCN :- National Socialist Council of Nagaland
NSS :- National Service Scheme
NSSO :- National Sample Survey Organization
NSSTC :- National Space Science and Technology Centre
NSTL :- National Science and Technological Laboratory
NSTEDB :- National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board
NTC :- National Textile Corporation
NTES :- National Train Enquiry System
NTPC :- National Thermal Power Corporation
OAPNA :- Organization of Asia and Pacific News Agency
OAU :- Organization of African Unity
OCS :- Overseas Communication Service
OECD :- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEEC :- Organization for European Economic Cooperation
OGL :- Open General License
OIL :- Oil India Limited
OK :- All Correct
OIGS :- On India Government Service
ONGC :- Oil and Natural Gas Commission
OMSS :- Open Market Sale Scheme
OPEC :- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPPI :- Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India
OSCE :- Organization of European Security Council
PACS :- Primary Agricultural Credit Society
PAFNA :- Pan African News Agency
PATA :- Pacific Asia Travel Association
PCI :- Press Council of India
PCS :- Provincial Civil Services
PEO :- Programme Evaluation Organization
Ph.D. :- Doctor of Philosophy
PIB :- Press Information Bureau
PIN :- Postal Index Number
PIOC :- Persons of Indian Origin Card
PGIMR :- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research
PLA :- Peoples Liberation Army
PLO :- Palestine Liberation Organization
PLOTE :- Peoples Liberation Organization of Tamil Elam
PMSSY :- Pradhan Mantari Swasthya Suraksha Yojna
PM :- Post Meridian / Prime Minister
PMLA :- Peoples Movement for Liberation of Angola
PNR :- Passanger Numerical Record
POTA :- Prevention of Terrorism Act
PSLV :- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PSI :- Population Service International
PTI :- Press Trust of India
PTO :- Please Turn Over
PTCT :- Parents to Child Transmission
PUCC :- Pollution Under Control Certificate
PUCL :- Peoples Union for Civil Liberties
PUDR :- Peoples Union for Democratic Rights
PVC :- Poly Vinyl Chloride / Param Vir Chakra
PVSM :- Param Vishist Seva Medal
PWD :- Public Works Department
PWG :- Peoples War Group
RADAR :- Radio Detecting and Ranging
RAFC :- Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia
RAPP :- Rajasthan Atomic Power Project
RAW :- Research and Analysis Wing
R&D :- Research and Development
RBI :- Reserve Bank of India
RCC :- Reinforced Cement Concrete
RDSO :- Research Design and Standard Organization
RDX :- Research Development Explosive
REACH :- Rural Entrepreneurship for Art and Culture Heritage
RFMT :- Republic of Fiji Military Forces
RGNDWM :- Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission
RITES :- Rail India Technical and Economic Services
RMS :- Railway Mail Service
RPNNL :- Rashtriya Pariyojana Nirman Nigam Limited
RRC :- Reactor Research Centre
RLEGP :- Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme
RNA :- Ribonucleic Acid
ROSNI :- Round Spermatid Nuclear Injection
RSS :- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
RTO :- Regional Transport Officer
RTRA :- Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority
STARS :- Satellite Training and Ranging System
START :- Strategic Armed Reduction Talks
STD :- Subscribers Trunk Dialing OR Sexually Transmitted Disease
STEC :- Solar Thermal Energy Centre
STEP :- Satellite Telecommunication Experiment Project
STPI :- Software Technology Park of India
SUNFED :- Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development
SWAPO :- South West African Peoples Organization
SWIFT :- Short Work Programme in Information Technology
TACDE :- Tactics & Aircrafts Development Establishment
TAPS :- Tarapur Atomic Power Station
TANSI :- Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation
TAMP :- Tariff Authority for Major Port
TB :- Tuberculosis
TCI :- Trading Corporation of India
TCPO :- Town and Country Planning Organization
TDSAT :- Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
TELCO :- Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
TELEX :- Teleprinter Exchange
TRELS :- Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
TGIT :- Telecom Group on Information Technology
TIFAC :- Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council
TISCO :- Tata Iron & Steel Company
TIN :- Taxpayer's Identification Number
TMO :- Telegraphic Money Order
TNT :- Tri Nitro Toluene
TRACT :- Transportable Remote Area Communications Terminal
TRAI :- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TRQ :- Tariff Rate Quota
TTFI :- Table Tennis Federation of India
TVA :- Tennesey Valley Authority
TWA :- Trans World Airlines
TWAS :- Third World Academy of Science
TWHS :- Traditional Water Harvesting Systems
TWMF :- Third World Monetary Fund
TWSI :- Tourism and Wild Life Society of India
UANC :- United African National Council
UBLF :- United Bengali Liberation Front
UDC :- Upper Division Clerk /University Development Commission
UDI :- Unilateral Declaration of Independence
UEEM :- Universalization of Elementary Education Mission
UGC :- University Grant Commission
ULFA :- United Liberation Front of Assam
UNAEC :- United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
UNCED :- United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCHS :- United Nations Commission on Human Settlements
UNCLOS :- United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea
UNCSTD :- United Nations Conference on Sciences and Technology for Development
UNCTC :- United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee
UNCTAD :- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP :- United Nations Development Programme
UNECAFE :- United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and Far East
UNEF :- United Nations Emergency Force
UNEP :- United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO :- United Nations Economic and Social Commission
UNFCC :- United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFPA :- United Nations Framework for Population Activities
UNHCR :- United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNI :- United News of India
UNICEF :- United Nations International Children Emergency Fund
UNIDO :- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNISPACE :- United Nations Conference on Exploration and Peaceful Usage of Outer Space
UNMIL :- United Nations Mission in Libra
UNMOVIC :- United Nations Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission
UNO :- United Nations Organization
UNRRA :- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNSCOM :- United Nations Special Commission
UNTAG :- United Nations Transition Assistance Group
UPROV :- Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants
UPSC :- Union Public Service Commission
UPTN :- Universal Personal Tele Number
UPU :- Universal Postal Union
USAID :- United States Agency for International Development
USIS :- United States Information Service
USITC :- United States International Trade Corporation
USSR :- Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
UTS :- Unreserved Ticketing System
VABAL :- Value Based Advanced License
VAT :- Value Added Tax
VCO :- Viceroy Commissioned Officer
VIP :- Very Important Person
VPP :- Value Payable Post
VRDE :- Vehicle Research and Development Establishment
VRS :- Voluntary Retirement Scheme
VSNL :- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited
VSSC :- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
VTMS :- Versel Traffic Management System
VVF :- Village Volunteer Force
WANO :- World Association of Nuclear Operators
WAY :- World Assembly of Youth
WEF :- World Economic Forum
WFTU :- World Federation of Trade Union
WHO :- World Health Organization
WIDF :- Women's International Democratic Federation
WIPO :- World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPSA :- Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia
WMO :- World Meteorological Organization
WWF :- World Wild Life Fund
WWFI :- World Wide Fund for Nature India
WWPA :- World Wild Life Protection Agency
YMCA :- Young Men's Christians Associations
YWCA :- Young Women's Christians Association
ZBB :- Zero Base Budgeting
ZETA :- Zero Energy Thermo Nuclear Assembly
ZIFT :- Zygote Intra fallopian Transfer
ZIP :- Zone Improvement Plan
ZOPFAN :- Zone of Peace Freedom and Neutrality
ZS :- Zoological Society
ZUPO :- Zimbabwe United People's Organisation
BCCI :- Board of Control of cricket in India
IPL :- Indian premier league
FDD:- floppy disk drive
ALU:- Arithmetic logic uni
ALGOL:- algorithm languag
ASCII :-American standard code for information interchange
BASIC:- beginner all purpose instruction cod
BCD:- binary coded decimal cod
CPU:- central processing uni
CAD:- computer aided desig
C-DOT:- centre for development of telematic
CLASS:- computer literacy and studies in school
COMAL:- common algorithm language
DOS:- disk operating system
DTS:- desktop system
DTP:- desktop publishing
ENIAC:- electronic numerical integrater and computer
FAX:- far away Xerox
FLOPS:- floating operation per second
HLL:- high level language
HTML:- hyper text markup language
ISH:- information super highway
LAN:- local area network
LDU:- liquid display unit
LISP:- list-processing
LLL:- low level language
MICR:- magnetic ink character reader
MIPS:- magnetic ink character reader
MOPS:- millions of operation per second
MODEM:- modulator demodulator
NICNET:- National information centre network
OMR:- optical mark reader
PC-DOS:- personal computer disk operating system
PROM:- programmable read only memory
RAM:- random access memory
ROM:- read only memory
RPG:- report programm generator
SNOBOL:- satrang oriented symbolic language
VDU:- visual display unit
VLSI:- very large scale integration
WAN:- wide area network
WWW:- world wide web
MCIR:- magnetic character ink recognition
BNS:- binary number system
FAT:- file allocation table
MAN:- multi-national area network
HTTP:- hypertext transfer protocol
PC:- personal computer
Common General knowledge questions and answers for students.
IBM :- international business Machine
OS :- operating system
CP:- computer software
MD :- memory device
ID:- input device
OD:- output device
MICR:- magnetic ink character reader
PC:- personal computer
DBMS:- database management system
BIT:- binary digit
CP:- computer programmer
URL:- universal resource locator
BNS :- binary number system
SD:- sub directory
ASCIL :- American standard code for information interchange
POST :- power on self test
WAN:- wide area network
SD:- shut down
CAD computer aided design
IIOIT Indian institute of information technology
FAT file allocation table
LP laser printer
Y2K real to thousand
WLAN wireless local area network
AM/FM amplitude frequency modulation
HP hewlett packard
IBM international business Machine corporation
ARPANET advanced research project agency network
TCP transmission control protocol
WAP wireless application protocol
GPRS general packet radio service
UHF ultra high frequency
VHF very high frequency
GSM global system for mobile communication evolution
EDGE enhanced data rate for
HSDPA high speed download link access
SIM subscriber identity module
UMTS universal Mobile telecommunication system
CDMA code division multiple access
GSM global system for mobile communication
3G 3rd generation
4G 4th generation
5G 5th generation
VIRUS vital information resource under sized
USB universal serial bus
URL universal resource locator
UPS uninterruptible power supply
TCP transmission control protocol
ISP internet service provider
IP internet protocol
GUI graphical user interface
DOS disk operating system
DAT digital audio tape
CRT cathode ray tube
CD compact disc
WML wireless markup language
DVX divX video
WBMP wireless bitmap image
XMF extensible music file
NRT Nokia ringtone
MMF synthetic music mobile application file
THM theme Soni erricson
NTH Nokia theme series 40
M3G mobile 3D graphics
PDF protocol document format
DOC document Microsoft corporation
PNG portable network graphics
WAV wave form audio
WMA window media audio.
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