CAT (QA) PYQs

Consider a function $f$ satisfying $f(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=f(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{y})$ where $x , y$ are positive integers, and $f(1)=2$. If $f(\mathrm{a}+1)+f(\mathrm{a}+2)+\ldots \ldots+f(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{n})=$ $16\left(2^{n}-1\right)$ then a is equal to

Consider two sets $A = \{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13\}$ and $B = \{1, 8, 27\}$. Let $f$ be a function from $A$ to $B$ such that for every element $b$ in $B$, there is at least one element $a$ in $A$ such that $f(a) = b$. Then, the total number of such functions $f$ is

Let $f(x) = x^2$ and $g(x) = 2^x$, for all real $x$. Then the value of $f(f(g(x)) + g(f(x)))$ at $x = 1$ is