Verbal Reasoning — Classification (Always/essential component): Which feature must a “drama” have? Consider the essential nature of drama (performance of roles), not optional production elements like sets or a director. Choose the component that a drama must include.

Concept/Approach
Drama is a performed representation of characters and action. It requires actors/performers enacting roles, even if minimal or experimental; other trappings are optional.

Option Analysis

• Actors — necessary for the performance. Correct.
• Story — some avant-garde forms challenge the notion of a conventional story.
• Sets — optional; radio/black-box dramas exist.
• Director — productions can be improvised/collectively devised.

Final Answer
Actors.