Answer is B is correct. In State of Tamil Nadu v. State of Nalini which is a case related to assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, court in this case held that a wife cannot be charged for harbouring her own husband who is an offender in the case. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is A is correct. A logical reason behind making preparation not punishable is that there are chances that the person who is about to commit an offence might change his mind as there is always a time difference between the preparation and actual commission of offence. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is D is correct. Under Indian law mistake of fact is a defence but mistake of law is not a defence and in the present case of R v. Prince who committed rape of a minor girl on a pretext of she being major though there was mistake of fact but the act committed by him was illegal and prohibited by law. Therefore option (d) is the correct answer.

Answer is B is correct. Minimum punishment provided under IPC is of 24 hours of imprisonment when a drunken person misbehaves in public as per Section 510 of IPC. Therefore option (b) is the correct answer.

Answer is A is correct. Larceny contemplates permanent gain and loss on the other hand theft is moving out of possession with the consent. Therefore option (a) is the correct answer.