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A square matrix [aij] such that aij=0 for i≠j and aij=k where k is a constant for i=j is called

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Diagonal as well as scalar matrix
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Scalar matrix
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C
Unit matrix
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D
None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is C Diagonal as well as scalar matrix
By given, we can construct a matrix as below
=⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢ ⎢k0...000k....0............0..0k000...0k⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥ ⎥
Clearly the matrix is a diagonal matrix as all non diagonal elements are zero.
Also, the matrix is also a scalar matrix because all diagonal elements are same and non diagonal elements are zero.
So, option A is correct.

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