Purses, RTMs, and mega auctions — a seasonal traffic spike. This page has 100 important questions and answers.
The IPL auction is how most players join franchises. Teams have a salary purse and a squad-size cap. A mega auction (when held) forces bigger releases; mini auctions fill gaps. Retention and Right-to-Match (RTM) rules change — quote the current BCCI note, not last decade’s video.
An unsold player is not “banned from cricket.” They can still play other leagues or return in a later list.
100 important questions. Quick 10 is a random set; Full set plays every question.
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100 questions and answers
Each item is a 4-option MCQ. Open a question, tap A–D. Green is correct, red is wrong. Original explainers — not copied match reports.
1. Auction extra 14: Overseas slots in the auction list
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) are tagged so franchises do not overfill foreign quotas
Playing XI caps still apply later.
2. Auction extra 15: A bid jump must
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) follow the increment table for that price band
The auctioneer polices it.
3. Auction extra 16: The auction is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) how India picks a World Cup XI
Selective memory confuses fans every April.
4. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 1) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
5. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 2) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
6. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 3) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
7. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 4) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
8. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 5) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
9. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 6) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
10. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 7) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
11. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 8) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
12. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 9) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
13. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 10) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
14. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 11) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
15. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 12) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
16. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 13) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
17. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 14) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
18. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 15) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
19. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 16) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
20. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 17) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
21. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 18) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
22. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 19) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
23. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 20) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
24. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 21) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
25. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 22) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
26. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 23) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
27. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 24) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
28. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 25) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
29. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 26) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
30. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 27) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
31. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 28) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
32. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 29) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
33. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 30) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
34. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 31) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
35. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 32) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
36. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 33) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
37. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 34) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
38. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 35) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
39. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 36) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
40. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 37) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
41. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 38) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
42. The official source for “ipl auction” (games desk, item 39) is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the authority or standard named on this page’s explainer
GKSchools English practice is original — not an official script.
43. IPL teams buy many players at
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a public auction
Purses are capped.
44. A mega auction, when scheduled, means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) most players go back into the pot
Retentions are limited by that year’s memo.
45. RTM usually lets a franchise
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) match another team’s winning bid for a released player (if they have an RTM left)
Not every season uses RTM.
46. An overseas slot limit means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) only a set number of non-Indian players can be in the XI
The playing XI cap is what fans argue about.
47. Purse money is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the salary budget, not the BCCI’s trophy cash
Unspent purse does not become a bye into the final.
48. An unsold player
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) was not bought at that auction
They can appear in replacements or next year.
49. The auctioneer
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) runs the room and the increments
Increments jump at higher prices.
50. The IPL auction is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the ICC draft for a World Cup squad
National teams are picked by boards.
51. IPL sides fill many slots at
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a public auction
Purses are capped.
52. A mega auction, when held, means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) most names go back into the pot
Retentions are limited that year.
53. An overseas slot cap means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) only a set number of non-Indian players can be in the XI
The XI cap is what fans argue.
54. A retention list is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) players kept before the auction under that year's rules
Slots and purse hits are published.
55. A replacement signing can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) fill an injury or pull-out hole after the auction
The league must approve the swap.
56. Base price is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the opening bid the player listed
Unsold at base means no team bid.
57. Right to Match is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) a free extra overseas slot by itself
Read that year's BCCI note.
58. Squad-size caps stop
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) unlimited stockpiling
There is a maximum list.
59. Mini auctions, when used, are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) smaller sales to fill gaps
Mega years are the big reset.
60. Accelerated bidding is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) faster increments at high prices
The room speeds up.
61. An uncapped player in IPL talk is often
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) someone without full international caps, as that memo defines
Definitions sit in the auction brief.
62. Purse remaining after a buy
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) falls by the hammer price
Maths is on the ticker.
63. A player can be
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) released before a mega or mini sale
Franchises trim the list.
64. The auction is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) how the ICC picks World Cup XIs
Countries do not bid.
65. Overseas players still need
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) to fit the XI cap on match night
You can own more than you can field.
66. A passed player at a price
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) can still be nominated again if rules allow
Lists get reopened in some rooms.
67. Marquee or capped sets are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) admin buckets in some auction rules
They can affect retention math.
68. Bidding is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) open and incremental in the room
The hammer ends the lot.
69. Salary purse is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the BCCI's World Cup budget
Keep league money and ICC events apart.
70. A withdrawn player before the auction
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) comes off that list
Boards and the league update the catalogue.
71. RTM leftover unused
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) does not become extra purse by magic
Use it or lose it that night.
72. The auction catalogue lists
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) names, roles, and base prices
Unsold is a possible fate.
73. A franchise cannot
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) spend past the published purse
The software blocks overspend.
74. Women's IPL auctions are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) a separate WPL process
Different league, similar idea.
75. Handshake photos after a lot are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) PR, not registration
Papers still have to be filed.
76. An Indian player and an overseas player
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) both go through the same room under that year's rules
Caps differ on match day.
77. The IPL auction is held
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) before the season, not during a Super Over
Dates are announced each year.
78. A bid increment
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) is the minimum jump the auctioneer names
Higher prices, bigger steps.
79. Unsold stars can still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) play other leagues or wait for replacements
The hammer is not a ban.
80. Retention deductions
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) reduce the purse before the first lot
The memo shows the table.
81. The auction is not a
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) transfer window in the FIFA sense
Cricket leagues use this model.
82. Owners in the room
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) authorise bids; they do not umpire
Sporting staff sit beside them.
83. A last-lot panic buy can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) fill a role but wreck the purse
Budget discipline is the skill.
84. Capped overseas slots in the XI are
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) a playing-night limit, not a ban on owning extras
You choose who sits out.
85. The BCCI publishes
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the auction brief and purse rules
Quote the current note, not a 2014 video.
86. A successful RTM use
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) keeps the player if the franchise matches the bid
Cards are limited.
87. Walking out unsold is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) not a life ban from cricket
Next list can look different.
88. Auction extra 1: RTM means
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) Right to Match — a way to keep a released player in some seasons
Not every auction year has RTM.
89. Auction extra 2: A purse is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) the spending cap for that auction
Leftover money cannot break the cap later illegally.
90. Auction extra 3: Accelerated bidding is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) faster increments once the price is high
It stops 10-minute stares.
91. Auction extra 4: A passed player can
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) come back in later sets if the rules allow
Lists are published in sets.
92. Auction extra 5: Capped vs uncapped labels
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) change the minimum bid in many IPL auctions
Read that year’s booklet.
93. Auction extra 6: The auctioneer is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) not a team owner — they run the room
Theatre is part of the broadcast.
94. Auction extra 7: A silent nomination still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) needs a bidder to start the price
No bid, no sale.
95. Auction extra 8: Salary in the IPL auction is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the winning bid for that cycle, paid under BCCI/franchise contracts
Retainers sit outside some years.
96. Auction extra 9: The mega auction is not
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: B) the ICC draft
National teams do not auction caps.
97. Auction extra 10: Owners’ table paddles
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) signal bids — staff in the earpiece do the maths
Budget sheets leak on TV.
98. Auction extra 11: A player can be unsold and still
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: C) join later as a replacement if rules allow
Injury replacements happen.
99. Auction extra 12: The IPL auction is usually
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: A) held once in a cycle, not every league night
Mini auctions fill gaps.
100. Auction extra 13: Purse leftover at the end is
Tap A, B, C or D.
Answer: D) unused cap, not a fine by itself
Some years force a minimum spend — check the release.
