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Many of the adolescents have disinterest in Math. It may be because of fear of Math, disinterest in subject or the way in which the particular subject is being taught. Many of the parents are very rigid about math based courses. They want that their wards should pursue Math based courses with - out thinking about their anxiety regarding math and also their ability to think logically. Math solutions require lot of Logical Thinking. Hence it is very important to find out whether Mathematical Anxiety really hampers their Logical Thinking. That is why the researcher felt the need to take up this study. The main objectives are to find out the level of Mathematical Anxiety and the level of Logical Thinking among adolescents and to compare them on the basis of sex and area. To identify whether adolescents with high and low Mathematical Anxiety differ on Logical Thinking and to study relationship between Mathematical Anxiety and Logical Thinking among adolescents from Schools of only four districts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra namely Nagpur, Wardha, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli. Only 600 students from class X have been studied. The main findings of the study are boys and girls do not differ significantly regarding Mathematical Anxiety but urban and rural Adolescents differ significantly regarding Mathematical Anxiety. There is no significant difference regarding Logical thinking on sex basis. Even urban and rural adolescents do not differ significantly regarding Logical Thinking. Adolescents with high and low Mathematical Anxiety significantly differ on Logical Thinking except for rural adolescents who do not differ significantly. There is significant inverse relationship between Mathematical Anxiety and Logical Thinking of adolescents but boys do not have significant relationship.