Consider the following statements and pick the correct ones.

A. Krishnadevaraya wrote Madhura Vijayam

B. Both Telugu and Kanarese literature were patronized by Vijaynagar rulers

C. Devraya II composed Amuktamalayada

D. Parasara Madhaviya by Madhavacharaya was written during the reign of Vijaynagar empire

E.  Queen Gangadevi composed Varadambika Parinayam

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Confusion Points

• In the oficial answer key of NTA NET, this question was dropped, because none of the given answer is correct.

Key Points

• Madhurā Vijayam meaning "The Victory of Madurai", is a 14th-century C.E Sanskrit poem written by the poet Gangadevi.
• It is also named Vira Kamparaya Charitham by the poet.
• It chronicles the life of Kumara Kampana, a prince of the Vijayanagara Empire and the second son of Bukka Raya I.
• The poem describes in detail, the invasion and conquest of the Madurai Sultanate by the Vijayanagara empire. Hence statement (A) is incorrect.
• Vijayanagara literature was produced in the Vijayanagara Empire during a golden age of literature in South India in general.
• The rulers patronised Kannada, Telugu, Sanskrit and Tamil scholars who wrote in the Jain, Virashaiva and Vaishnava  traditions.
• The period produced hundreds of works on all aspects of Indian culture, religion, biographies, Prabhandas (stories), music, grammar, poetics and medicine.  Hence statement (B) is correct.
• Āmuktamālyada is a Telugu epic poem composed by Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagara Emperor in the early 16th century.
• Amuktamalyada translates to "One who offered the garland after wearing it himself".
• Considered as a masterpiece, Amuktamalyada describes the story of wedding of the Hindu Lord Ranganayaka, an avatar, of Vishnu and Goda Devi aka Andal the Tamil Alvar poet and daughter of Periyalvar, at Srirangam. Hence statement (C) is incorrect.
• The most famous works written by, or attributed to Madhavacharya, are Sarva-darsana-sangraha, written in Old Kannada; Madhaviya Shankara Vijaya, a hagiography of Shankara; and the Parasara–Madhaviya, written in Sanskrit. 
• ​The Parasara–Madhaviya is a commentary on the Parasarasmriti. 
• Mādhavācharya, was Jagadguru of the Sringeri Sharada Peetham from 1374-1380AD. Hence statement (D) is correct.
• Tirumalamba, a poet of the Vijayanagara Empire, wrote "Varadambika Parinayam", the story of marriage of King Achyuta Deva Raya, in Sanskrit. Hence statement (E) is incorrect.