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Presence of cambic horizon is a feature of

A. Entisol

B. Inceptisol

C. Spodosol

D. Aridisol

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Cambic horizons are subsurface soil layers of pedogenic change without appreciable illuviated material. It always has less carbonate than an underlying horizon with calcium carbonate accumulation.
The presence of a cambic horizon is a feature of Inceptisol.
Inceptisol is a soil order formed quickly through alteration of the parent material. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.

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