Background: Undergraduate medical students have been affected by the COVID 19 pandemic and are under psychological distress. Objective: To assess the prevalence of psychological distress among MBBS students using the K10 questionnaire and to assess the influence of the COVID 19 pandemic on the perception of the students on how it has affected their academic activities and skills Methods: The study design was a cross-sectional observational study. A two-section questionnaire was sent to MBBS students of all five years studying currently in the institution. The first section: K10 Questionnaire to assess psychological distress and the second: assess the perception of the MBBS students on how the pandemic has influenced their skills and academics. Participation__ampersandsignnbsp;in the study was voluntary. Results: Among 123 students who participated prevalence of psychological distress was 67.5 % (n=83). The mean K10 score was 24.46__ampersandsignplusmn;7.91. 33.3 % of the students had severe psychological distress. 82 % of the students had a perception of reduced clinical skills due to the lockdown and 66 % felt that the pandemic would lead to an extension of their courses. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of psychological distress among medical undergraduate students during the pandemic. There is an increased perception of reduced clinical skills and possible course extension among undergraduate students.