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This experimental study aims to assess the levels of examination anxiety among secondary school students. The research was conducted with a random sample of 40 students from 9th grade of DAV Public School. For this study, various socio-demographic variables were considered, including age, gender, residential status (hosteller/day scholar), type of family (nuclear/joint), area of residence (urban/rural), parental education, and parental occupation. Each variable was categorized accordingly for detailed analysis. For the analysis, frequency and percentage distributions were calculated with the help of the Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) developed by V.P. Sharma (2009). Later, the Chi-square test was also calculated to check the association between these variables. As per the test scores, it came out clearly that there is a difference between levels of examination anxiety and socio-demographic variables. In continuation to the above, a pre-anxiety test was also conducted before the intervention, which was followed by relaxation therapies, further to which there was a post-anxiety test. The data was analyzed using frequency and percentage. Null hypotheses were examined accordingly. H0: There will be no significant difference between socio-demographic variables and levels of examination anxiety. In this scenario, the result was that the hypothesis was rejected. H1: There will be no significant association found between the socio-demographic variables and levels of examination anxiety. In this case also the result shows that the hypothesis was rejected. H2: There will be no significant difference observed between pre-test and post-test scores and level of examination anxiety. Here also the hypothesis was rejected.