Correct Anaswer : 2
Explanation:
You may have seen that the shape of the iron nail and the aluminium wire changed on beating. If they were beaten harder these could be changed into sheets. You might be familiar with silver foil used for decorating sweets. You must also be familiar with the aluminium foil used for wrapping food.
The property of metals by which they can be beaten into thin sheets is called malleability.
This is a characteristic property of metals. As you must have noticed, materials like coal and pencil lead do not show this property.