Key to Quota and Reservation Category Abbreviations Used on the MBBSCouncil Android app. When you are using MBBSCouncil app, you need to know these abbreviations in order to effectively use the app for college prediction and ranking.
| OPQ | – | Open India Quota (Central Government Institutions – All India Level) |
| AIQ | – | All India Quota (Government Colleges – All India Level) |
| SQ | – | State Quota (Government & Private Colleges – State Level) |
| MNQ | – | Management Quota (Deemed University – All India Level) |
| MQ | – | Management Quota & Minority Quota (Private Colleges – State Level) |
| OPN | – | Open Quota (Private Colleges – All India Level) |
| NRI | – | Non-Resident Indian Quota (Government Colleges & Deemed University – All India & State Level) |
| AP | OC | Open Category |
| AP | SC | Schedule Caste |
| AP | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| AP | MNG-MM | Muslim Minority |
| AP | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| AS | STP | Schedule Tribe Plain Area |
| AS | STH | Schedule Tribe Hilly Area |
| AS | SC | Schedule Caste |
| AS | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| AS | MK | Motak Category |
| AS | MN | Moran Category |
| AS | SPO | Sports |
| AS | PH | Person With Disability |
| AS | TGL | Tea Garden Labour |
| AS | FF | Freedom Fighter |
| AS | EV | Extremist Violence Category |
| AS | ES | Ex-serviceman/Serving Defence Personnel Category |
| AS | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| AS | CA | Char Area Category |
| BH | BC | Backward Class |
| BH | EBC | Extremely Backward Caste |
| BH | RCG | Reservation Category Girls |
| BH | SC | Schedule Caste |
| BH | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| BH | UR | Unreserved |
| BH | DQ | Disabled Quota |
| BH | SM | Sikh Minority |
| BH | MM | Muslim Minority |
| BH | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| CH | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| CH | OBC-Female | Other Backward Class Female |
| CH | ST-Female | Scheduled Tribe Female |
| CH | ST | Scheduled Tribe |
| CH | UR-Female | Unreserved Female |
| CH | UR | Unreserved |
| CH | SC | Scheduled Caste |
| CH | SC-Female | Scheduled Caste Female |
| CH | UR-S | General Armed Forces |
| CH | UR-NC | General – No Class |
| CH | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| CH | UR-FF | Freedom Fighter |
| DL | GN | General Category |
| DL | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| DL | SC | Schedule Caste |
| DL | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| DL | ARMY | Army |
| DL | CW-EWS | Central Window – EWS |
| DL | CW-GN | Central Window – General |
| DL | CW-OBC | Central Window – OBC |
| DL | CW-SC | Central Window – SC |
| DL | CW-ST | Central Window – ST |
| DL | MM | Muslim Minority |
| DL | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| GJ | GN | General Category |
| GJ | SC | Schedule Caste |
| GJ | SEBC | Socially and Economically Backward Class |
| GJ | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| GJ | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| HR | BCA | Backward Class A Category |
| HR | BCB | Backward Class B Category |
| HR | GN | General Category |
| HR | SC | Schedule Caste |
| HR | ESM | Ex-Service Men |
| HR | FF | Freedom Fighter |
| HR | PH | Physically Handicapped |
| HR | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| JH | GN | General Category |
| JH | SC | Scheduled Caste |
| JH | ST | Scheduled Tribe |
| JH | BC-I | Backward Class Category – I |
| JH | BC-II | Backward Class Category – II |
| JH | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| KA | 1G | OBC – Category 1 |
| KA | 2AG | OBC – Category 2A |
| KA | 2BG | OBC – Category 2B |
| KA | 3AG | OBC – Category 3A |
| KA | 3BG | OBC – Category 3B |
| KA | GM | General Merit |
| KA | SCG | Schedule Caste |
| KA | STG | Scheduled Tribe |
| KA | DEF | Defence Category |
| KA | GMP | General Merit Private |
| KA | JK | Jammu and Kashmiri migrants |
| KA | MA | Minority Lingustic Tamil |
| KA | MC | Minority Christian |
| KA | ME | Minority Lingustic Telugu |
| KA | MK | Minority Lingustic Kodava |
| KA | MM | Minority Muslim |
| KA | MU | Minority Lingustic Tulu |
| KA | NCC | National Cadet Corps |
| KA | PH | Physically Handicapped |
| KA | S-G | Scouts and Guides |
| KA | SPO | Sports Quota |
| KA | XD | Ex-Defence |
| KL | MU | Muslim Category |
| KL | BH | Backward Hindu |
| KL | BX | Backward Christian |
| KL | DV | Dheevara Related |
| KL | EZ | Ezhava |
| KL | KN | Kusavan related communities |
| KL | KU | Kudumbi |
| KL | LA | Latin Catholic and Anglo Indian |
| KL | SC | Schedule Caste |
| KL | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| KL | SM | State Merit |
| KL | VK | Viswakarma Related |
| KL | AC | Christian Minority |
| KL | DA | Degree/Diploma – Ayurveda |
| KL | DH | Degree/Diploma – Homoeopathy |
| KL | DK | Son / Daughter of Defence Killed |
| KL | NK | TODO |
| KL | NM | TODO |
| KL | PH | Physically Handicapped |
| KL | SD | Son / Daughter of Serving Defence Personnel |
| KL | XS | Son / Daughter of Ex-Serviceman |
| KL | CC | NCC Quota |
| KL | EWS | Economically Weaker Sections |
| MH | COMN | General Category Common |
| MH | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| MH | SC | Schedule Caste |
| MH | SEBC | Socially and Economically Backward Class |
| MH | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| MH | VJ | Vimukta Jati |
| MH | D1 | Defence Category-1 |
| MH | D2 | Defence Category-2 |
| MH | D3 | Defence Category-3 |
| MH | EWS | Economically Weaker Sections |
| MH | MKB | Maharashtra Karnataka Border |
| MH | NT1 | Nomadic Tribes – Category 1 |
| MH | NT2 | Nomadic Tribes – Category 2 |
| MH | NT3 | Nomadic Tribes – Category 3 |
| MH | MINO | Minority Quota |
| MH | IQ | Institutional Quota |
| MP | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| MP | SC | Schedule Caste |
| MP | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| MP | UR | Unreserved |
| MP | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| OR | SC | Schedule Caste |
| OR | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| OR | UR | Unreserved |
| OR | ES | Ex-Servicemen |
| OR | GC | Children of Green Card Holders |
| OR | PC-1 | Physically Challenged Category-1 |
| OR | PC-2 | Physically Challenged Category-2 |
| OR | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| PB | BA | Backward Area |
| PB | BC | Backward Class |
| PB | GN | General Category |
| PB | BR | Border Area |
| PB | TA | Children/GrandChildren of Terrorist Attack |
| PB | SR | Children/GrandChildren of Sikh Riot |
| PB | WD | Wards of disabled in service |
| PB | WA | Wards of Ex-Servicemen with Awards |
| PB | WA-1 | Paramvir Chakra 26.1 |
| PB | WA-2 | Ashok Chakra 26.2 |
| PB | WA-3 | Maha vir Chakra 26.3 |
| PB | WA-4 | Kirti Chakra 26.4 |
| PB | WA-5 | Vir Chakra 26.5 |
| PB | WA-6 | Shaurya Chakra 26.6 |
| PB | WA-7 | Sena, Nau Sena, Vayu Sena Medal 26.7 |
| PB | WA-8 | Mention- in- Despatches 26.8 |
| PB | SPO | Sports Person 17 |
| PB | WX | Wards of Ex-Servicemen 27 |
| PB | WP | Wards of Punjab Police Personnel, Punjab Armed Police, Punjab Home Guards, and Para- Military Forces |
| PB | WP-1 | Killed in action 31 |
| PB | WP-2 | Disabled in action to the extent of 50% 32 |
| PB | WP-3 | Winners of Police Medal 33 |
| PB | FF | Children / grandchildren of Freedom Fighter 34 |
| PB | JK | Jammu and Kashmir Migrants |
| PB | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| PY | BCM | Backward Class Muslim |
| PY | EBC | Extreme Backward Classes |
| PY | GN | General Category |
| PY | MBC | Most Backward Class |
| PY | BT | Backward Tribes |
| PY | OBC | Other Backward Class |
| PY | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| PY | GN-K | General Category-Karaikal |
| PY | GN-Y | General Category-Yanam |
| PY | GN-M | General Category-Mahe |
| PY | GN-MSP | Sports Category |
| PY | GN-FF | Freedom Fighter |
| PY | GN-EX | Wards of Ex-Servicemen |
| RJ | GN-B | General Category Boy |
| RJ | GN-G | General Category Girl |
| RJ | MBC-B | Most Backward Class Boy |
| RJ | MBC-G | Most Backward Class Girl |
| RJ | OBC-B | Other Backward Class Boy |
| RJ | OBC-G | Other Backward Class Girl |
| RJ | SA-B | Schedule Tribal Area Boy |
| RJ | SA-G | Schedule Tribal Area Girl |
| RJ | SC-B | Schedule Caste Boy |
| RJ | SC-G | Schedule Caste Girl |
| RJ | ST-B | Schedule Tribe Boy |
| RJ | ST-G | Schedule Tribe Girl |
| RJ | EWS-G | Economically Weaker Section Girl |
| RJ | EWS-B | Economically Weaker Section Boy |
| TA | BCA | OBC- Category A |
| TA | BCB | OBC- Category B |
| TA | BCC | OBC- Category C |
| TA | BCD | OBC- Category D |
| TA | BCE | OBC- Category E |
| TA | OC | Open Category |
| TA | SC | Schedule Caste |
| TA | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| TA | MM | Muslim Minority |
| TA | MNG-MM | Muslim Minority |
| TA | EWS | Economically Weaker Sections |
| TN | BC | Backward Class |
| TN | BCM | Backward Class Muslim |
| TN | MBC | Most Backward Class |
| TN | OC | Open Category |
| TN | SC | Schedule Caste |
| TN | SCA | Scheduled Caste Arunthathiar |
| TN | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| TN | MNG-MM | Malayam Minority |
| TN | MNG-TM | Telugu Minority |
| UP | BC-G | Backward Class Girl |
| UP | BC | Backward Class |
| UP | SC-G | Schedule Caste Girl |
| UP | SC | Schedule Caste |
| UP | ST-G | Schedule Tribe Girl |
| UP | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| UP | UR-G | Unreserved Girl |
| UP | UR | Unreserved |
| UP | EWS-G | Economically Weaker Section Girl |
| UP | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |
| WB | BCA | Backward Class A Category |
| WB | BCB | Backward Class B Category |
| WB | GN | General Category |
| WB | SC | Schedule Caste |
| WB | ST | Schedule Tribe |
| WB | EWS | Economically Weaker Section |