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Individual Obstacles

The Conduct

This is the third task in the confirmatory series. This is normally done on the second GTO day.
However, depending on testing schedule and the weather, it can also be done on the first day. The

GTO will first brief the candidates and thereafter show each obstacle one by one and explain what is
required to be done. There will be a total of 10 obstacles to be tackled individually in three minutes.
Obstacles will be numbered from 1 to 10 and the number of the obstacle also indicates the points you
will get if you do it successfully. Thus, if you tackle successfully all the ten obstacles in the allotted
time of three minutes you will get 55 points. The obstacles are placed at random and you are also at

liberty to do these obstacles in the sequence you like. In case you take too long on any particular
obstacle, you may leave it, go to the next and come back to it later if time permits. And, in case you
happen to complete all the ten obstacles successfully and still have some time left, you can repeat the
obstacles, and depending upon which one you repeat you will get those many extra points. However,
you must remember that you should not repeat unless you have completed all the 10 obstacles
successfully, and even while repeating you are not permitted to repeat an obstacle more than once.

Obstacle 1

The first obstacle is called the single ramp. You are expected to come running from a little distance
and run over the ramp and land on the sand pit. Picture 25 provides a view of this obstacle. This is by
far the easiest of all.

Obstacle 2

The second obstacle is called the double barrel jump, or simply long jump. You are expected to come
running from a little distance and jump over the two drums lengthwise buried in the ground. Picture

26 provides a view of this obstacle. While tackling this obstacle remember that you should not touch
the drum as it will be painted red and red colour is out of bounds. For lady candidates, a single drum
is placed adjacent to the double drum. They are expected to jump over only the single drum.