The property used in manufacturing spherical lead shots from molten lead is:

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Step 1: Molten lead is allowed to fall as small droplets. Step 2: Surface tension acts to minimise the surface area of each droplet. Step 3: A sphere has least surface area for a fixed droplet volume. Step 4: The droplets solidify into nearly spherical shots. Final answer: Surface tension (Option D).