According to aufbau principle, "sub-shells are filled with electrons in the increasing order of their energies," i.e., sub-shell of lower energy will be filled first with electrons. Thus correct order is? 1s<2s<2p<3s<3p<4s<3d<4p<5s<4d<5p<6s<4f<5d<6p<7s<5f<6d...etc.