The evidence points to option A, Telugu. Krishnadevaraya composed Amuktamalyada in Telugu; the work combines a devotional narrative with reflections on kingship and administration. The distractors need separate rejection: Kannada belongs to a different institution, context or chronology; Persian does not perform the function described in the stem; and Sanskrit fails the required association. The wording of “Krishnadevaraya's Amuktamalyada was composed primarily in which language?” is deliberately specific, so the candidate should isolate its operative clue before recalling names. — Telugu”, but also remember the factual reason stated above.