Present study was carried out through descriptive survey method within ex-post-facto research design. To collect the
“Personal Value Questionnaire (PVQ)” were administered on a stratified random sample of 1813 respondents. In Personal
Value Questionnaire (PVQ) there are all together 40 questions. A question consists of two parts: (i) a stem, and (ii) 3 items. In
the stem of the questions a criterion situation for seeking the value preferences was depicted Each type of value has an equal
numbers of items and so there are 12 items for each value and a 3-point Likert type scale ranging from 0 to 2 is attached. It is
evident that the students of higher education of Purulia district expressed moderate value in hedonistic value, power value,
aesthetic value, family prestige value and health value.
