Command Task.  This system is an individual task. Here, each candidate is given an assignment – a task he is responsible for planning, execution and completion of the task in the given time of 15 minutes. He can take 2-3 colleagues as his subordinates from the group to do the task. The rule governing the task are the same as in other outdoor tasks, less the group rules, since there is only one obstacle and since it is an individual task.

       In this task, what is being  known is :-

(a)   An individual capability in planning, organization and completion of a task assigned to him.

(b)   His work sense & practical imagination.

(c)   His use of resource including imagination.

(d)   His ability to command his subordinate.

(e)   His ability to work in a close manner, under go stress of time, alone.

(f)     Has he been able to learn from the previous task? Has the previous day experience in the outdoor and with the group enabled him to retain ideas?

(g)   What is his attitude to subordinates?

(h)   Is he rule conscious?

      The main thing to understand in this task, that it is an individual task and the subordinates are provided to assist you. It is your responsibility to plan to execute and complete your task. You are the one to give ideas; you have to implement them, you have to direct your subordinates. Finally it is you, who is being assessed though the conduct of the subordinate is also under scrutiny.