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The present study is an attempt to explore the problem-solving ability of senior secondary school students in relation to their style of learning and thinking. To find out the effect of style of learning and thinking with respect to gender, academic discipline, and management of the school on problem-solving ability of senior secondary school students, the data have been collected from 160 students from four senior secondary schools of Cuttack District, Odisha by administering Problem Solving Ability Scale and SOLAT Test. The collected data have been scored as per the manual and analyzed following descriptive statistics on both variables such as problem-solving ability and learning and thinking styles. Further, to find out the main effect and interactional effect of style of learning and thinking and gender, academic discipline, and management of the school on problem-solving ability of senior secondary school students Two-way ANOVA was computed. The study revealed that Style of Learning and Thinking and gender have main effect on Problem Solving Ability. It also found that there is no significant main and interactional effect on Problem Solving Ability in relation to Style of Learning and Thinking of Senior Secondary School Students with respect to their academic discipline and management of the school.