The present study was conducted on 100 undergraduate respondents belonging toDistance Education of Patna town. They were selected on the basis of incidental-cumpurposive sampling technique. The objectives of the study were to examine the influence ofinhabitation, parental involvement, parental education and SES on need for achievement andlevel of aspiration among the respondents. It was hypothesized that - There would besignificant influence of (i) urban-rural inhabitation, (ii) parental involvement, (iii) parentaleducation, and (iv) SES on need for achievement and level of aspiration of the respondents.For the purpose, Mukherjee's Need for Achievement Scale, Singh's Level of Aspiration Scale,Akhtar's Parental Involvement Scale, Bhardwaj's SES Scale were used to measure need forachievement, level of aspiration, parental involvement and SES of distant mode learners.Besides these, a PDS was used to get other necessary informations about the respondents.The scales were employed and data were obtained as per directions in the manuals of thescales. The obtained data were treated using t-test. The results confirmed all the formulatedhypotheses. It was concluded that inhabitation, parental involvement, parental education andSES all are conducive to motivational correlates (nned structure) under reference.