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Q. The reaction is spontaneous if the cell potential is

ManipalManipal 2017

Solution:

For a reaction to be spontaneous $\Delta G$ should be negative.
$\Delta G=- nFE ^{\circ} \text { cell }$
From this reaction, $\Delta G$ will be negative when $E ^{\circ}$ cell is positive.