Background: MR examination, a non-invasive modality, is now routinely used to assess a wide spectrum of internal knee derangements and articular disorders. The present study was conducted to assessed the efficacy of MRI in evaluation of knee joint pathologies. Materials & Methods: 70 patients with painful knee joint of both gendersunderwent MRI of knee joint with 1.5 Tesla high gradient MRI scanner. T1 and T2 weighted sequences in sagittal planes, PD weighted sequences in axial, coronal and sagittal planes and fat suppressed T2 or STIR sequences were recorded.