Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

Answer: A

Correct answer: British Broadcasting Corporation

The BBC is the United Kingdom's public service broadcaster, established in 1927.

Answer: B

Correct answer: High Definition Television

HDTV is High Definition Television, with 720 or 1080 lines against the 480 or 576 of the earlier standards.

Answer: D

Correct answer: Graphics Interchange Format

GIF is Graphics Interchange Format. The first word is the noun Graphics, which is what separates it from the plausible-looking Graphical alternatives.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Binary Large Object

A BLOB is a database column holding a large block of binary data - an image, a document, a sound file - which the database stores without interpreting.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Object Oriented Programming

OOP is Object Oriented Programming, in which data and the operations on it are bound together as objects.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Wholesale Price Index

The WPI measures the change in prices at the wholesale stage, as against the Consumer Price Index, which measures them at retail.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Debt Recovery Tribunals

DRTs were established under the 1993 Act to speed the recovery of debts owed to banks and financial institutions.

Answer: A

Correct answer: All India Institute of Medical Science

AIIMS is the group of public medical colleges and hospitals of which the New Delhi institute, founded in 1956, is the first.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Research & Analysis Wing

RAW is India's external intelligence agency, formed in 1968.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Radio Detecting and Ranging

RADAR is Radio Detection And Ranging: it both finds an object and measures its distance, from the time the reflected pulse takes to return.