The abbreviation of L.P.G. stands for:
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The abbreviation of L.P.G. stands for:
- A.
Low Paid Games
- B.
Local Passenger Gadi
- C.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- D.
Local Petroleum Gas
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Correct answer: C
Concept: An abbreviation used in general-awareness/science questions must be expanded to its standard, officially recognized full form — the term that genuinely describes the object or process, not merely a phrase that sounds similar to the letters.
Application: L.P.G. is the standard abbreviation for Liquefied Petroleum Gas — a mixture of hydrocarbon gases (mainly propane and butane) that is compressed under pressure (and often further cooled for bulk storage) into liquid form so it can be stored and transported easily, and used as fuel for cooking, heating, and vehicles.
Cross-check: Government petroleum regulatory sources (e.g., the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board) consistently use this same expansion for domestic and commercial LPG cylinders, confirming there is no alternate official expansion.
'Low Paid Games' and 'Local Passenger Gadi' expand the letters into unrelated phrases about entertainment/wages and transport — neither connects to fuel, gas, or petroleum at all.
'Local Petroleum Gas' keeps the petroleum/gas theme but replaces the descriptor of the gas's physical state with a geographic qualifier, which is not what the abbreviation denotes.
Hence, L.P.G. correctly stands for Liquefied Petroleum Gas.