TNPSC General Knowledge - Abbreviations
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
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
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
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
PDA stands for
- (a)
Personal Digital Assistant
- (b)
Personal Development Agency
- (c)
Personal Data Authority
- (d)
Personal Data Array
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
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
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. IPKF : Indian Peace Keeping Force
2. IQ : Intelligence Quotient
3. IRBM Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
4. IRC International Red Cross
- (a)
Only 2
- (b)
2, 3 and 4
- (c)
All of the above
- (d)
None of these
Full form TADA is
- (a)
Traffic Allied Destructive Act
- (b)
Terrorist and Destructive Act
- (c)
Tamil Nadu Association for Development Activities
- (d)
Terrorist Allied Distribute Act
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. VOIP : Voice Over Internet Protocol
2. VGP : Video Graphics Array
3. WPA : Wi-Fi Protected Access
- (a)
Only 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
All of the these
- (d)
Only 1
Which of the following is not correctly
1. IEEE : Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers.
2. IELTS : International English Language Testing System
3. IFC : Industrial Finance Corporation, International Fiance Corporation
4. IFS : Indian Foreign Service
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 4
- (c)
All of the above
- (d)
None of these
IRDP stands for
- (a)
Integrated Rural Development Programme
- (b)
Integrated Regional Development Programme
- (c)
International Rural Development Programme
- (d)
None of the above
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. NASSCOM : National Association of Software and Services Companies
2. OBC : Other Backward Classes
3. OCR : Optical Character Recognition
4. PAN : Permanent Account Number
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
Only 1
- (d)
1, 2, 3 and 4
Full form of BCCI is
- (a)
Bank if Credit and Commerce International
- (b)
Bank of Commerce and Co-operation International
- (c)
Bank of Central Co-operation International
- (d)
None of the above
The SEBI stands for
- (a)
State Earnings Board of India
- (b)
Securities and Exchange Bank of India
- (c)
Securities and Exchange Board of India
- (d)
State Exchange Bank of India
Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated?
1. GATE : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
2. GATS : General Agreement on Trade and Services
3. GDP : Gross Domestic Purchase
4. GSM : Global System for Mobile Communications
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Only 3
- (d)
All of these
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. MODEM : Modulator demodulator
2. MP : Member of Parliament
3. MPEG : Motion Picture Experts Group
4. MRCP : Member of the Royal College of Physicians
- (a)
2 and 3
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
Only 1
- (d)
All of these
What is full form of ISDN?
- (a)
Internet Service Data Network
- (b)
Integrated Subscriber Digital Network
- (c)
Integrated Service Digital Network
- (d)
Internet Subscriber Data Network
Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated?
1. APECF : Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation
2. EGoM : Empowered Group of Ministers
3. NEERI : National Environment Engineering Research Institute
4. SRS : Sample Registration System
- (a)
Only 2
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
Only 1
- (d)
None of these
What is the Full Form of CAPTCHA (image verification used in Websites)
- (a)
Common Application Program To Check Hidden Art
- (b)
Completely Automated Private Test to Check Human Activity
- (c)
Cyber Application Program To Change Host Application
- (d)
Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart
What is the full form of IUCN?
- (a)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Nature Resource
- (b)
Indian Union and Committee of nature
- (c)
International Union for Conservation of Nature
- (d)
Indian Union and committee of Nature and Nature Resource
The variability among living organisms from all sources including terrestrial, marine and other ecosystem and the ecological complexes of which they are part which includes diversity within species, between species of ecosystem, refers to
- (a)
Geographical diversity
- (b)
Zoological diversity
- (c)
Ecological diversity
- (d)
Biological diversity
Many a time we read a term 'SEPA' in financial newspapers. What is the full form of the term?
- (a)
Single Electronic Processing Agency
- (b)
Super Electronic Purchase Agency
- (c)
Single Euro Payments Area
- (d)
Single exchange Processing Agency
What is Advance Technology vessel (ATV)?
- (a)
A remote operated vehicle, which would detect nuclear radiation levels and extract hazardous material of bombs.
- (b)
A 'Technological demonstrator' that would form the platform for an indigenous powered submarine fleet.
- (c)
A remote operated vehicle made for Nibhay Missile
- (d)
None of these
Consider the following statements about OTCET
1. It can be defined as an exchange with a Specific trading ring
2. Its market is spread across the couthy through various counters, so that nationally Scattered buyers Convertors their business more effectively.
3. It deals in Suchy Securities with both listed and unlisted on an organized stock exchange
4. It is equivalent to NASDA.
Choose the correct code
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
3 and 4
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
2 and 4
Which of the following is correctly abbreviated?
1. NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Agency
2. SPCA: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
3. C-DAC: Centre For Development of Advance Computing
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
1 and 3
- (d)
All of these
Which of the following is not correctly abbreviated?
1. ASLV: Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
2. PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
3. GSLV: Geo Satellite Launch Vehicle
4. GSLV: Geo Satellite Launch Vehicle
- (a)
2 and 3
- (b)
Only 3
- (c)
only 1
- (d)
All of these
FAO is the abbreviation of
- (a)
Fibre and Agricultural Organisation
- (b)
Factory Acquisition Organisation
- (c)
Free Arbiration Organisation
- (d)
Food and Agriculture Organisation
Consider the following abbreviations
1. SITA: Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act
2. SLV: Satellite Launch Vehicle
3. NASDAQ: National Association of Security Dealer's Active Quotation
- (a)
Only 1
- (b)
Only 2
- (c)
Only 3
- (d)
None of these
CDMA-technology used in Mobile phones stands for
- (a)
Computer Developed Management Application
- (b)
Code Divison Multiple Application
- (c)
Code Divison Multiple Access
- (d)
Code Division Mobile Application
Consider the following UN organisations.
1. UNEP: Unite Nations Educational Programme
2. UNESCO: United Nations Economic Society and Cultural Organisation
3. UNFPA: United Nations Fund for Population Activities
4. UNHCR: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
- (a)
1 and 2
- (b)
2 and 3
- (c)
3 and 4
- (d)
1 and 4