The term ‘DAVP’ stands for
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The term ‘DAVP’ stands for
Answer: D. Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity — CONCEPTAn acronym represents a longer name by taking its letters from the initial words in the same order. To expand an acronym, map every letter to the…
- A.
Directorate of Advertising & Vocal Publicity
- B.
Division of Audio-Visual Publicity
- C.
Department of Audio-Visual Publicity
- D.
Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity
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Correct answer: D
CONCEPT
An acronym represents a longer name by taking its letters from the initial words in the same order. To expand an acronym, map every letter to the corresponding word and verify the complete name against an authoritative source.
For the name of a government body, the body's own official publication is the authoritative form.
APPLICATION
In DAVP, D maps to Directorate, A to Advertising, V to Visual, and P to Publicity. Reading these mapped words in order gives “Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.”
CONTRAST
“Directorate of Advertising & Vocal Publicity” substitutes Vocal for Visual.
“Division of Audio-Visual Publicity” changes both the organizational term and the middle wording.
“Department of Audio-Visual Publicity” likewise uses Department and Audio-Visual instead of the official wording.
CROSS-CHECK
The archived official DAVP history and handbook pages of the Government of India use the name “Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.”
RESULT
DAVP stands for Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity.