Identify the correct statement regarding a spontaneous process:

  • A
    Lowering of energy in the process is the only criterion for spontaneity.
  • B
    For a spontaneous process in an isolated system,the change in entropy is positive.
  • C
    Endothermic processes are never spontaneous.
  • D
    Exothermic processes are always spontaneous.

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