Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow. Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian American business executive. She is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsico. She is one among the world’s most powerful women. She delivered the following speech at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 14 December 2013. She was named one of the 25 Greatest Living Legends by NDTV, and was awarded by the then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Read the speech delivered by Indra Nooyi and answer the questions that follow. Mr President and NDTV, thank you very much for this incredible honour. Malcom Gladwell in his book, Outliers says: "Who you are cannot be separated from where you came from." I left India 35 years ago, went to the USA and had tremendous success in the meritocracy. But none of that could have happened if I would not have had wonderful upbringing very much here in India. So I have a lot to thank India for. Now my three lessons I would like to share with you. First, please be a lifelong student. You know when we were kids, we used to ask questions like "Why is the sky blue?", "Why the birds flying so high?" But for some reasons, as we get older, that curiosity goes away. And if we are happy with the knowledge we have, then we are actually going to atrophy. So, please remain a lifelong student, don’t lose that curiosity. Second, whatever you do, throw yourself into it, throw your head, heart and hands into it. I look at my job not as a job, I look at it as a Calling, as a Passion and I don’t care about the hours, about the hardships, because to me everything is a joy. So whatever you do, please look upon it as a Calling, a Passion, not as a job, not as something temporary. The third and the most important one, please help others rise. Greatness comes not from a position, but from helping build a future. All of us in position of power have an obligation to pull others up. You know, as I stand here today, I look at my responsibility not as accepting an honour, I look upon it as accepting a challenge and a responsibility, an obligation to actually make it possible for people who are younger to come up and achieve levels of greatness, so they too can be on the stage sometime in the future. (Source: Speech delivered by Indra Nooyi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 14 December 2013) 1. What has Malcom Gladwell said in his book, that Indra Nooyi is refering to in her speech? 2. What according to Indra Nooyi helped her achieve great success? 3. What is the first lesson that Indra Nooyi has talked about in her speech? 4. What element should we have to be a lifelong student? 5. How does she look at her job? 6. What is her third lesson? Why is it important? 7. What obligation does she talk about in her speech?
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Explanation:
1. Indra Nooyi in her speech said, “Who you are cannot be separated from where you came from”.
2. She left India 35 years ago and reached greater heights. She feels that it is because of her wonderful upbringing in India.
3. She wants everybody to be a lifelong student. We should continue learning till our end.
4. With our knowledge, if we are happy, then we are going to weaken.
5. She looks her job as a responsibility and as a challenge.
6. The third advice is to help others to rise.
7. An obligation is to make it conceivable for people who are fresher to come up and achieve greatness.
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Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow. Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian American business executive. She is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsico. She is one among the world’s most powerful women. She delivered the following speech at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 14 December 2013. She was named one of the 25 Greatest Living Legends by NDTV, and was awarded by the then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Read the speech delivered by Indra Nooyi and answer the questions that follow. Mr President and NDTV, thank you very much for this incredible honour. Malcom Gladwell in his book, Outliers says: "Who you are cannot be separated from where you came from." I left India 35 years ago, went to the USA and had tremendous success in the meritocracy. But none of that could have happened if I would not have had wonderful upbringing very much here in India. So I have a lot to thank India for. Now my three lessons I would like to share with you. First, please be a lifelong student. You know when we were kids, we used to ask questions like "Why is the sky blue?", "Why the birds flying so high?" But for some reasons, as we get older, that curiosity goes away. And if we are happy with the knowledge we have, then we are actually going to atrophy. So, please remain a lifelong student, don’t lose that curiosity. Second, whatever you do, throw yourself into it, throw your head, heart and hands into it. I look at my job not as a job, I look at it as a Calling, as a Passion and I don’t care about the hours, about the hardships, because to me everything is a joy. So whatever you do, please look upon it as a Calling, a Passion, not as a job, not as something temporary. The third and the most important one, please help others rise. Greatness comes not from a position, but from helping build a future. All of us in position of power have an obligation to pull others up. You know, as I stand here today, I look at my responsibility not as accepting an honour, I look upon it as accepting a challenge and a responsibility, an obligation to actually make it possible for people who are younger to come up and achieve levels of greatness, so they too can be on the stage sometime in the future. (Source: Speech delivered by Indra Nooyi at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on 14 December 2013) 1. What has Malcom Gladwell said in his book, that Indra Nooyi is refering to in her speech? 2. What according to Indra Nooyi helped her achieve great success? 3. What is the first lesson that Indra Nooyi has talked about in her speech? 4. What element should we have to be a lifelong student? 5. How does she look at her job? 6. What is her third lesson? Why is it important? 7. What obligation does she talk about in her speech?