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Dysmenorrhoea is a common condition and refers to painful menses (menstruation) with severe cramping affecting the lower part of the abdomen which is a common complaint among adolescents and women of reproductive age. The pain is described as a sharp, intermittent and spasmodic pain and can be classified as mild,moderate or severe.Pain starts several hours before or with the onset of menses and lasts for1-3days.The pain and frequency there of might decrease with age or after childbirth.This study was conducted with 30 samples(2ndsemesterB.Sc.Nursing students)in quantitative approaches, Quasi experimental with one group pre -test post-test design, sampling selection was done by purposive sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit the knowledge of 2nd semester B.Sc. Nursing student.at IGKC College of Nursing, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. This study was revealed that nursing students according to the findings, in pretest 20% nursing students had poor knowledge and 80% had average knowledge, in post-test 33.33% had average knowledge and 66.67% had good knowledge. The mean knowledge score of pre -test is 11.1 and standard deviation was 2.07. the paired "t" value is 23.18 and "p" value is 0.05.