» b. a. — bachelor of arts.
» m. a. — master of arts. »b.tech – bachelor of technology
» b. sc. — bachelor of science
» m. sc. — master of science
» b. sc. ag. — bachelor of science in agriculture
» m. sc. ag. — master of science in agriculture
» m. b. b. s. — bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery
» b.a.m.s- bachelor of ayurvedic medicine and surgery
» m. d. — doctor of medicine
» m. s. — master of surgery
» ph. d. / d. Phil. — doctor of philosophy (arts & science)
» d. litt./lit. — doctor of literature/doctor of letters
» d. sc. — doctor of science
» b. com. — bachelor of commerce
» m. com. — master of commerce
» dr. — doctor
» b. p. — blood pressure
» Mr. — Mister
» Mrs. — mistress
» m.s. — miss (used for female married & unmarried)
» miss — used before unmarried girls)
» m. p. — member of parliament
» m. l. a. — a member of legislative assembly
» m. l. c. — a member of legislative council
» p. m. — prime minister
» c. m. — chief minister
» c-in-c — commander-in-chief
» l. d. c. — lower division clerk
» u. d. c. — upper division clerk
» lt. gov. — lieutenant governor
» d. m. — district magistrate
» v. i. p. — very important person
» i. t. o. — income tax officer
» c. i. d. — criminal investigation department
» c/o — care of
» s/o — son of
» c. b. i. — central bureau of investigation
» g. p. o. — general post office
» h. q. — headquarters
» e. o. e. — errors and omissions excepted
» kg. — kilogram
» kw. — kilowatts
- — gram
- — kilometer
ltd. — limited
- p. h. — miles per hour
- p. h. — kilometer per hour
- t. o. — please turn over
- w. d. — public works department
- p. w. d. — central public works department
- s. a. — united states of America
- uk. — united kingdom (England)
- up. — Uttar Pradesh
- mp. — Madhya Pradesh
- hp. — Himachal Pradesh
- u.n. o. — united nations organization
- w.h. o. — world health organization
- b. b. c. — British broadcasting corporation
- b.c. — before christ
- a.c. — air-conditioned
- ig. — inspector general (of police)
- d.i. g. — deputy inspector general (of police)
- s.s. p. — senior superintendent of police
- d.s. p. — deputy superintendent of police
- s.d. m. — sub-divisional magistrate
- s.m. — station master
- a.s. m. — assistant station master
- v.c. — vice-chancellor
- a.g. — accountant general
- c.r. — confidential report
- i.a. s. — Indian administrative service
- i.p. s. — Indian police service
- i.f. s. — Indian foreign service or Indian forest service
- i. r. s. — Indian revenue service
- c. s. — provincial civil service
- e. s. — military engineering service