Full forms of common exam names in India:
AAFT – Asian Academy of Film & Television
AFCAT: Air Force Common Admission Test
AFMC – Armed Forces Medical College Exam
AIBE - All India Bar Examination
AICEE – All India Common Entrance Examination
AICET – All India Common Entrance Test
AIEEE: All India Engineering Entrance Examination (now replaced by JEE)
AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences Entrance Exam
AIIMS PG: All India Institute of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Entrance Exam
AILET: All India Law Entrance Test
AIMA MAT: All India Management Association Management Aptitude Test
AIMA UGAT - All India Management Association Under Graduate Aptitude Test
AIPMT: All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test (now replaced by NEET)
AIPVT – All India Pre-Veterinary Test
AP LAWCET : Andhra Pradesh Common Law Entrance Test
AP PGLCET : Andhra Pradesh Post Graduate Law Common Entrance Test
ATMA - AIMS Test for Management Admissions
BHU PET - Banaras Hindu University Postgraduate Entrance Test
BHUEE – Banaras Hindu University Entrance Exam
BITSAT - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test
BMAT – Bio-Medical Admissions Test
CAIIB Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers
CAT-MBA: Common Admission Test for MBA
CDS - Combined Defence Services Examination
CEED: Common Entrance Examination for Design
CET – Common Entrance Test
CHSL – Combined Higher Secondary Level
CLAT – Common Law Admission Test
CMAT - Common Management Admission Test
COMEDK – Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka
CPO – Central Police Officer Examination
CPT Common Proficiency Test
CSE – Civil Services Examination
CSIR NET: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research National Eligibility Test
CSIR UGC NET - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test
CTET – Central Teacher Eligibility Test
DANICS – Delhi-Andaman Nicobar Islands Civil Services
DPSA – Department of Public Service and Administration
DUMET – Delhi University Medical-Dental Entrance Test
EAMCET – Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test
ELAT – English Literature Admissions Test
ESE – Engineering Services Examination
FTII: Film and Television Institute of India Entrance Exam
GAA – Geography Admissions Assessment
GAMSAT – Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test
GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
GMAT: Graduate Management Admission Test
GPAT – Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test
GRE - Graduate Record Examination
HP CMAT – Himachal Pradesh Combined Management Aptitude Test
IAS – Indian Administrative Service
IBPS: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection
IBSAT – ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test
ICAR AIEEA - Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination for Admission
ICAR NET: Indian Council of Agricultural Research National Eligibility Test
ICAS – Indian Civil Accounts Service
ICLS – Indian Corporate Law Service
ICSE Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
IELTS - International English Language Testing System
IES – Indian Engineering Services
IESE – Indian Economic Service Examination
IEST – Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
IFS – Indian Foreign Service
IFS – Indian Forest Service
IIBF – Indian Institute of Banking & Finance
IIFT – Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
IIS – Indian Information Service
IISER Aptitude Test: Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Aptitude Test
IISc Entrance Test: Indian Institute of Science Entrance Test
IIT-JAM: Indian Institute of Technology Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.
IIT-JEE - Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination
INAT: IUCAA-NCRA Admission Test
IPU CET - Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test
IRMA – Institute of Rural Management Anand
IRPS – Indian Railway Personnel Service
ISS – Indian Statistical Service
JAIIB Junior Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers
JEE Main - Joint Entrance Examination Main
JEE – Joint Entrance Exam
JEST – Joint Entrance Screening Test
JIPMER - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Entrance Exam
JNUET - Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Test
KCET: Karnataka Common Entrance Test
KEAM – Kerala Engineering, Architecture, and Medical Entrance Exam
KIITEE – Kalinga Institute of Information Technology Entrance Exam
KMAT - Kerala Management Aptitude Test
KMAT – Karnataka Management Aptitude Test
LNAT – Law National Aptitude Test
LSAT-I – Law School Admission Test-India
MAH MBA CET – Maharashtra MBA Common Entrance Test
MAT - Management Aptitude Test
MCAT – Medical College Admission Test
MES – Military Engineering Service
MGMCRI – Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute
MHT CET: Maharashtra Common Entrance Test
MICAT – MICA Common Aptitude Test
MP DMAT – Madhya Pradesh All India Dental & Medical Admission Test
NAT – National Aptitude Test
NATA - National Aptitude Test in Architecture
NCHM JEE: National Council for Hotel Management Joint Entrance Examination
NCHMCT JEE: National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology Joint Entrance Exam
NDA - National Defence Academy Entrance Exam
NDANAE – National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination
NEET: National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
NEST – National Entrance Screening Test
NID DAT: National Institute of Design Design Aptitude Test
NID: National Institute of Design Entrance Exam
NIFT: National Institute of Fashion Technology Entrance Exam
NIMCET: National Institute of Technology MCA Common Entrance Test
NMAT - NMIMS Management Aptitude Test
NSTSE – National-level Science Talent Search Examination
OET – Occupational English Test
OLAT – Oriental Languages Admissions Test
PCS: Provincial Civil Services
PSC – Public Service Commission
RBI: Reserve Bank of India
RMAT – Rajasthan Management Aptitude Test
–RPET Rajasthan Pre-Engineering Test
RPMT – Rajasthan Pre-Medical Test
RRB ALP: Railway Recruitment Board Assistant Loco Pilot Exam
RRB NTPC: Railway Recruitment Board Non-Technical Popular Categories Exam
SAT - Scholastic Assessment Test
SBI PO - State Bank of India Probationary Officer Exam
SCRA – Special Class Railway Apprentices
SET: Symbiosis Entrance Test
SLET: State Level Eligibility Test
SNAP: Symbiosis National Aptitude Test
SRMEEE – SRM University Engineering Entrance Exam
SRMJEEE - SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Examination
SSB Service Selection Board
SSC - Staff Selection Commission
SSC CGL: Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
SSC CHSL: Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
SSC – School Service Commission
SSC – Staff Selection Commission
TET – Teacher Eligibility Test
TISSNET - Tata Institute of Social Sciences National Entrance Test
TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
TS PGLCET : Telangana State Post Graduate Law Common Entrance Test
TS LAWCET : Telangana State Law Common Entrance Test
UGAT – Under Graduate Aptitude Test
UGC NET: University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test
UPSC - Union Public Service Commission
UPSEE – Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination
UPSSSC – Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission
UKCAT – United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test
UPTET - Uttar Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test
VITEEE: Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam
WBCS – West Bengal Civil Service
XAT: Xavier Aptitude Test
