Important Abbreviations Questions and Answers

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: Bureau of Indian Standards

The BIS is India's national standards body, whose mark certifies that a product meets the relevant standard.

Answer: A

Correct answer: British Broadcasting Corporation

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

Answer: A

Correct answer: British Aerospace

BAe was British Aerospace, formed in 1977 and now part of BAE Systems.

Answer: B

Correct answer: British National Space Centre

The BNSC coordinated British civil space activity until it was replaced by the UK Space Agency in 2010.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

FERA, of 1973, controlled dealings in foreign exchange in India; it was replaced by the more liberal FEMA in 1999.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

The CTBT would prohibit all nuclear explosions; it was opened for signature in 1996 but has not entered into force.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The LTTE was the separatist organisation that fought the Sri Lankan state from 1976 until its defeat in 2009.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Logical Link Control

LLC is the upper of the two sublayers of the data link layer in the IEEE 802 model, sitting above the media access control sublayer.

Answer: B

Correct answer: Logical Name

A logical name stands for a resource independently of where it actually is, so the reference need not change when the resource moves.