Your interpretation of 1 is correct.
The prepositions "over" and "above" mean the same thing in these sentences. There is no difference.
1. Raise your hands on your head.
2. Raise your hans over your head.
3. Raise yor hands above your head.
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(What will be the right position after the listeners do as they are told? Are the following positions right?)
In #1, the hands will be on their heads.
In #2, ther hands will be over their heads, not above their heads. (Their hands will be right above their heads.)
In #3, their hands will be above their heads, not over their heads.
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