Nine CMS lines of rice were evaluated for their morphological and floral traits. six agronomical traits with standard check CMS line IR-58025A. Five CMS lines viz., IR-6888A, HPMS-10A, HPMS-11A, HP-5001A and HP-5004A were of early in duration (75 to 89 days to 50% flowering) and other three lines were of medium duration (90-100 days). HP-5001A was the earliest in days to 50% flowering (75days); while IR-70362A was late (101 days). The lines viz., IR-70362, IR-70372, HPMS-5A and HPMS-92 recorded, significantly more days to 50% flowering over IR-58025A (check). The maximum plant height was observed in HPMS-9A (105.0 cm) followed by HP-5001A (91.0 cm) and HP-5004A (88.00 cm). The shortest plant height was observed in IR-70362 (65.7 cm). The maximum productive tillers plant^-1, observed in HP-5004 (12.0), was significantly superior to the check. The panicle length ranged from 20.0 (HPMS-5A) to 30.0 (HP-5001A) cm. Panicle exertion is an important feature in CMS lines for getting proper seed production. The panicle exertion ranged from 74.60 (IR-70362A) to 90.00 (HP-5001A) percent. The spikelets per panicle were highest in HP-5001A (192.0). The floral characteristics, like stigma exertion was maximum in CMS line IR-6888A (61 %) followed by HP-5004A (58.85 %) and HP-5001A (51.8 %) which were significantly superior to check. Pollen sterility was cent per cent in the line HP-5001A, HP-5004A and IR-58025A. Three CMS lines viz., IR-6888A, IR-70372 and HPMS-5A showed more than 95% pollen sterility and these were categorized under highly sterile CMS lines.