Journey of a child's life starts directly from mother's womb. It has been observed in many studies that the health of child is directly correlated with mother's health, education and awareness. The study aimed to develop and validate a 2-point (yes/no) questionnaire to measure the awareness of mothers of severely malnourished children. 58 mothers of children admitted to nutrition rehabilitation centre were taken as sample. All the essential steps for the standardization of the questionnaire, like reliability and validity and cut off of total score have been taken into account. These statistical calculations were done through SPSS version 28 and the reliability and validity were found satisfactory. Developed a 38-item, 2-point (yes or no) scale for assessment of awareness of mother of SAM child.