Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1956
The correct answer is 1956.
Soil Survey of India established in 1956 to carry out scientific surveys of soils.
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Soil Survey of India, established in 1956, made comprehensive studies of soils in selected areas like in the Damodar Valley.
- The National Bureau of Soil Survey and the Land Use Planning Institute under the control of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) did a lot of studies on Indian soils.
- In their effort to study soil and to make it comparable at the international level, the ICAR has classified the Indian soils on the basis of their nature and character as per the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Soil Taxonomy.
- On the basis of genesis, color, composition, and location, the soils of India have been classified into:
- Alluvial soils
- Black soils
- Red and Yellow soils
- Laterite soils
- Arid soils
- Saline soils
- Peaty soils
- Forest soils.
