If    $$\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } {\left( {1 + {a \over x} - {4 \over {{x^2}}}} \right)^{2x}} = {e^3},$$ then 'a' is equal to :

Microwave oven acts on the principle of :

Consider a water jar of radius R that has water filled up to height H and is kept on astand of height h (see figure). Through a hole of radius r (r << R) at its bottom, the water leaks out and the stream of water coming down towards the ground has a shape like a funnel as shown in the figure. If the radius of the cross-section of water stream when it hits the ground is x. Then :

Figure shows elliptical path abcd of a planet around the sun S such that the area of triangle csa is $${1 \over 4}$$ the area of the ellipse. (See figure) With db as the semimajor axis, and ca as the semiminor axis. If t₁ is the time taken for planet to go over path abc and t₂ for path taken over cda then :