JEE Math Practice Question

Let $f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{l}x-1, x \text { is even, } \\ 2 x, \quad x \text { is odd, }\end{array} x \in \mathbf{N}\right.$. If for some $\mathrm{a} \in \mathbf{N}, f(f(f(\mathrm{a})))=21$, then $\lim\limits_{x \rightarrow \mathrm{a}^{-}}\left\{\frac{|x|^3}{\mathrm{a}}-\left[\frac{x}{\mathrm{a}}\right]\right\}$, where $[t]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $t$, is equal to :

1. A.169
2. B.121
3. C.225
4. D.144