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\b[True.] A <symmetric tensor> and an <antisymmetric tensor> are orthogonal under full index contraction. Renaming the two summed indices gives
$$
A_{ij}B_{ij}=A_{ji}B_{ji}=(-A_{ij})B_{ij}=-A_{ij}B_{ij},
$$
so $\boxed{A_{ij}B_{ij}=0}$. This is a scalar statement with both indices summed, not a claim that every individual entrywise product vanishes.

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