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🪑 Exam Seating Plan Generator

Interleaves classes so no two same-class students sit adjacent — room-wise seat charts, door lists and a printable A4 PDF.

Runs fully in your browser — rolls never leave this device.

How the seating is arranged

The generator works in two phases, the way a careful examination in-charge would. First it distributes each class across your rooms so that no single room is dominated by one class — the raw material for separation. Then, room by room, it fills the seats interleaving classes so that no student has a classmate beside, in front of, or behind them. It tries three different filling patterns per room, keeps the cleanest, runs a swap-repair pass on any stragglers, and finally an independent verifier re-checks every seat pair. Rolls are assigned in ascending order within each class as seats fill, so students locate themselves quickly from the door list.

Honesty when separation is impossible

If a room ends up holding mostly one class — a single-section exam, say — perfect separation is mathematically impossible, and this tool refuses to pretend otherwise. Any seat where a same-class neighbour could not be avoided is highlighted in red on the chart and counted in the room's header, so the invigilation plan can concentrate on exactly those benches. Likewise, if students outnumber seats, the unseated rolls are listed class-wise instead of being silently dropped.

What you print

The PDF opens with a seat chart per room — FRONT and blackboard marked, each seat carrying class and roll — sized for the invigilator's table. Then come room-wise door lists with roll ranges compressed (10A — Roll 1–20, 25) ready to paste at each door, an unseated warning block if capacity fell short, and signature lines for the invigilator-in-charge and centre superintendent. Everything prints clean on A4 in black and white; these conventions follow common school practice, and your board's own instructions always prevail.

Is the exam seating plan generator free?

Yes — unlimited free plans, no signup. Everything runs in your browser, so student rolls never leave your device.

How does it prevent copying between classmates?

Students are interleaved so that no two students of the same class sit adjacent — left, right, front or back. An independent verifier re-checks every seat after placement, and a repair pass swap-fixes any stragglers before you ever see the chart.

What if one class is too large to separate?

Mathematics has limits: if a room holds mostly one class, some same-class neighbours are unavoidable. The tool never hides this — forced seats are highlighted in red on the chart and counted in the room header, so invigilators know exactly where to watch.

How do I enter rooms and students?

Rooms: one line each as Room name | rows x cols (e.g. Room 101 | 6x6). Students: one line per class with roll numbers, ranges allowed — 10A | 1-40 or 10A | 1-20, 25, 30-35.

What does the PDF contain?

A seat chart for every room with a FRONT marker and class + roll in each seat, a room-wise door list with compressed roll ranges for pasting at each door, an unseated warning if capacity falls short, and a signature row for the invigilation team.

What happens if students exceed seats?

The tool seats as many as capacity allows and lists the exact unseated rolls class-wise — capacity short by N, named — instead of silently dropping anyone. Add a room and regenerate.

Disclaimer: This is an educational computation aid. Age is computed by the standard borrow method (completed years, months and days). Exam cutoff patterns shown on this page are indicative — the exact cutoff date and age limits are those printed in the official notification, which always prevails. The Class 1 admission check follows the NEP-aligned 6-years-as-on-31-March guideline used by CBSE; state boards and individual schools may notify different cutoffs. For all government purposes, the date of birth recorded in your Class 10 (matriculation) certificate is authoritative. Always verify eligibility with the recruiting body or school before applying.