What is the name of the soil rich in Calcium

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What is the name of the soil, rich in Calcium?

A. Pedocal

B. Pedalfer

C. Podzol

D. Laterite

Answer: Option A

Pedocal is made up of two words pedo+cal here 'pedo' means soil and 'cal' means calcium i.e. soils which are rich in calcium are termed as pedocals.

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