General Knowledge - Abbreviations

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Question - 1

Consider the following
1. NEFA : North-East Frontier Agency
2. NEPA : National Environment Protection Authority
3. NFDC : National Flim Development Corporation
Which of the above is rightly abbreviated?

  • A 1 and 2
  • B 2 and 3
  • C 3 and 1
  • D All of these

Question - 2

FIMMDA stands for

  • A Foreign Investment Markets & Derivatives Market Association
  • B Fixed Income Money Market & Derivatives Association
  • C Fixed Income & Money market Development Association
  • D Floating Income & Money Markets Derivating Assets

Question - 3

Expand the term SWIFT

  • A Society for Worldwide Telecommunications
  • B Society for the Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications
  • C Society for Worldwide International Financial Transfers
  • D Society for worldwide Interbrain Fiscal Transactions

Question - 4

Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. HVAC is heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
2. i.e. id est (that is)
3. IAAI is known as International Airport Authority of India
4. IAEA is spelled as International Atomic Energy Agreement

  • A Only 1
  • B 1 and 2
  • C All of the above
  • D None of the above

Question - 5

PDA stands for

  • A Personal Digital Assistant
  • B Personal Development Agency
  • C Personal Data Authority
  • D Personal Data Array

Question - 6

Consider the following and find the rightly abbreviated?
1. AGOC : Asian Games Organisation Committee
2. AICC :  All India Congress Committee
3. AICTE : All India Council of Technical Education.
4. AIDS : Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome

  • A 1 and 2
  • B 2 and 3
  • C 3 and 4
  • D All of these

Question - 7

Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. ASEAN is Association of South East Asian Nations.
2. APEC is Asia-Pacific economic cooperation.

  • A Only 2
  • B 1 and 2
  • C Both 1 and 2
  • D None of these

Question - 8

What is the full form of LASER?

  • A Light Amplification of Stimulated Energy Radiation
  • B Light Amplitude Stimulation Emphasising Red
  • C Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
  • D Light Amplification by Superposed Emission of Radiation

Question - 9

What is the full form of EPABX

  • A Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange
  • B Electronic Public Accounts Bills Exchange
  • C England People's Auto Bus Exit
  • D None of the above

Question - 10

Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. GATT : General Agreement on Tariff and trade
2. GMT : Greenwich Mean Time
3. GNLF : Gorkha National Liberation Front

  • A Only 1
  • B Only 2
  • C 2 and 3
  • D All of these