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Earthquakes are a major problem all around the world as they cause catastrophic damage such as building failure and collapse and most importantly loss of human lives and homes. One of the most common causes of failure during earthquakes is irregular configuration, either in plan or in elevation. As a result, irregular structures, especially in seismic zones, becomes the main cause of concern. The current study deals with the performance analysis of a G+6 Storey residential building with Stiffness and Mass irregularity carried out by varying the positions of these irregularities in the building as per IS 1893 (Part 1): 2002 considering seismic zone 4. Response spectrum analysis has been adopted for analyzing the effect of Stiffness and Mass irregularity using ETABS16 software. Parameters such as Storey displacement, Storey drift, Storey stiffness, Storey shear and overturning moment have been considered for its performance study. With the consideration of all the irregular models and their behavior in dynamic earthquake loading, it is evident that the Model H11 gives the most optimal results and is recommended to be constructed in the earthquake prone areas that includes least Displacement, least Drift and least Shear force among all the other models.