Statement: It is not unknown in India that inquiry reports—usually compiled with considerable care—are shelved and forgotten as soon as the initial public outrage dies down. Assumptions: I. The credibility of inquiry reports has considerably gone down in India. II. Inquiry reports in India are never implemented up to the expectations of the victims of a crisis. Choose the option that best identifies which assumption(s) is/are implicit.

Introduction / Context:
This verbal reasoning problem tests the ability to identify implicit assumptions—unstated premises that must be true for the given statement to make sense. The statement claims that inquiry reports in India, even when carefully compiled, are often shelved once initial outrage subsides. We must evaluate which assumptions necessarily underlie this claim, not which are merely plausible or agreeable.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• Inquiry reports are prepared with care.
• After public outrage wanes, such reports are shelved and forgotten.
• We seek assumptions that must hold for this description to be coherent.

Concept / Approach:
To be implicit, an assumption must be indispensable to the sense of the statement. A claim about reports being shelved implies non-implementation or inadequate follow-through. However, it does not automatically entail broader claims about public credibility perceptions unless the original statement references or relies on public trust as part of its logic.

Step-by-Step Solution:
Test Assumption I: “Credibility has gone down.” The statement criticizes post-outrage follow-through but does not hinge on whether the public believes the reports. Even if credibility were high, the critique (that authorities shelve reports) still stands. Thus I is not necessary.Test Assumption II: “Inquiry reports are never implemented up to victims’ expectations.” Saying reports are “shelved and forgotten” effectively means they are not acted upon in any meaningful sense, certainly not to the level expected by victims of a crisis. The statement’s force depends on this non-implementation idea. Thus II is necessary.

Verification / Alternative check:
Imagine a world where reports are routinely implemented satisfactorily after outrage fades. Then the statement (“shelved and forgotten”) would be false. Hence the non-implementation premise is required.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:
Options including I assume a fall in credibility, which is not required by the wording. “Either” or “both” wrongly include I; “neither” ignores the clear non-implementation premise.

Common Pitfalls:
Confusing “plausible consequence” (loss of credibility) with “necessary assumption” (lack of follow-through).

Final Answer:
if only assumption II is implicit.