#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#ifdef DEBUG_
#include <compe/debug.hpp>
#else
#define dump(...)
#endif

// clang-format off
struct  Fast{Fast(){std::cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);}} fast;

#define rep(i,n) for (int i=0; i<(int)n; ++i)
#define rrep(i,a,n) for (int i=a; i<(int)n; ++i)
#define out(msg) cout << (msg) << '\n'
#define die(msg) do{ cout << (msg) << endl,exit(0); }while(0)
#define el '\n'

#define all(k)  k.begin(),  k.end()
#define rall(k) k.rbegin(), k.rend()

// const
#define INFi  1   << 30
#define INFll 1LL << 60
#define MOD17 10'0000'0007
#define MOD98  9'9824'4353

// alias
using ullint = unsigned long long int;
using llint  = long long int;

template <typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {
  return ((a < b) ? (a = b, true) : false);
}
template <typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {
  return ((a > b) ? (a = b, true) : false);
}
// clang-format on

using P = pair<int, int>;

bool compare(const P& a, const P& b) {
  if (a.second < b.second) return true;
  return false;
}

int main() {
  int n, q;
  cin >> n >> q;

  vector<int> ai(n);
  rep(i, n) cin >> ai[i];

  vector<P> vp;
  rep(i, n) vp.push_back({i + 1, ai[i]});
  sort(all(vp), compare);

  map<int, int> zekken;
  rep(i, n) {
    auto [idx, dist] = vp[i];
    zekken[dist] = i + 1;
  }
  // dump(zekken);

  rep(_, q) {
    int x, y;
    cin >> x >> y;
    x--, y--;

    // dump(x, y);
    // dump(zekken[ai[x]], zekken[ai[y]]);
    int diff = zekken[ai[x]] - zekken[ai[y]];
    if (diff <= 1) {
      cout << 0 << el;
    } else {
      cout << diff - 1 << el;
    }
  }
}