Which set of quantum numbers is not possible

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Which set of quantum numbers is not possible?
a. N = 5, l =3 , ml = 0 , ms = -1/2
b. N = 1, l = 0, ml = 0 , ms = 1/2
c. N = 3 ,l = 2, ml = 1, ms = 1/2
d. N = 4, l = 3, ml = -3, ms = 1/2
e. N = 5, l = 2, ml = 0, ms = -1/2

They all look possible to me and there is no none of the above option in the question
 
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i think the question is wrong :P
 
Taken verbatim all these answers are perfectly correct sets of quantum numbers.

Perhaps what the question is trying to ask is "which of these do appear in the ground states of known elements". But I am just guessing/speculating.