Social skills have a profound effect on the nature of the interactions with other people and on individuals’ psychological well-being. General well being which includes life satisfaction, quality of life and psychological well-being is also affected by social skills of students. The present research study was undertaken to assess the effect of social skills on the general well being of school students. The effect of social skill on general well being for different background factors was studied separately. The sample consists of 320 students from Kurukshetra district of Haryana state. The data obtained was analyzed using mean, S.D’s and‘t’-test. The results revealed that general wellbeing have significant dependence on social skills of school students. The study has implications for the parents, teachers and policy makers.