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Abstract Human beings always live together in a society and they are dependent on other people for their survival. Social intelligence and social competence enhance the community life of the people. While social intelligence is the ability to adjust in society, social competence is the ability to interact successfully with peers, teachers, family members and adults. Social intelligence and social competence are important aspects of life which every human being has to cultivate. Social intelligence and social competence help in forming and shaping the life of children with the hope of better future for the society. Students who have high social intelligence will react positively to the pressure of life. Research on social intelligence and social competence of the higher secondary students is much relevant in the present day context, because they are in the position to understand the importance of social life as they belong to the age of adolescence with full of energy. Sometimes they may be misguided by some anti-social forces like desire to destroy public property, fighting, stealing, cheating etc. that are detrimental to the society. In order to take corrective measures study on these variables is necessary. This paper is an attempt to find out the measure of social intelligence and social competence and their relationship to each other among higher secondary students.