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In India, awareness programs related to health are conducted from time to time by various government agencies for adolescents. Under these programs, awareness related to mental health and epidemics like COVID-19 are also important. In context of that, concurrent assessment regarding the awareness of novel corona virus (NCV) and symptomatic psychological behavior (SPB) among adolescents age group are much needed. The present study aims to evaluate the concurrent status of level of awareness of NCV and SPB and compare it with male and female adolescents. The novel corona virus awareness scale and MMPI-A were used to assess the level of awareness about NCV and SPB among adolescents. Total sixty-seven (67) adolescents participated in this study in which only sixty (60) adolescents were included for this study who had valid profile on MMPI-A. The result of the study revealed that there was a medium level of awareness regarding NCV and have been seen remarkable SPB among adolescents. There were significant gender differences among adolescents in respect of level of awareness of NCV and in some contents of MMPI-A. Therefore, the result of the present study concluded that awareness related to mental health and NCV needs to be increased among adolescents in current scenario.