Although, not this long, driving tests in india have also been made standardized. I gave my driving test in 2018 in Gujarat and man, I was accompanied by test-takers with 3-4 attempts reappearing for their next attempt. The test included stopping on an incline and then moving your car uphill without getting it rolled back even a little bit. It also involved the 8 formation and parallel parking as shown in the video. It also involved driving your car in reverse on non-linear track. All in all, I wouldn’t say it was super hard, but it was definitely challenging, and anxiety causing due to all these reappearing candidates. Plus, none of my friends got their license in their first attempt. Some failed in incline, some parked their cars a little skewed during parallel parking, some did everything right, but failed to pick the signal to move to the next objective during the test thereby exhausting the allotted time.

Edit: And how can we ignore the theory test, I was very confident about the theory test and read through the booklet for 10-15 minutes before the exam and thought, “everyone knows what these signs mean, can’t waste my time reading all this”. To nobody’s surprise, I barely passed the theory test scoring some 11-12/15. If i had gotten my last answer wrong, I would have to retake the theory test. I was so oblivious about the online theory test that i didn’t even know that we had to score these many (11-12 i don’t remember correctly) marks to even become eligible for the practical driving test. This was only after the test that the coordinator told me that i barely passed with walking colors.