#![allow(unused_imports)]
//use itertools::{iproduct, Itertools};
//use proconio::input;
//use proconio::marker::*;
use std::collections::*;

fn main() {
    input! {
        n:usize,
        q:usize,
        a:[usize;n],
        xy:[(usize1,usize1);q],
    }

    let mut cnts = BTreeMap::new();
    for &ai in a.iter() {
        *cnts.entry(ai).or_insert(0) += 1;
    }

    let keys = cnts.keys().copied().collect::<Vec<_>>();
    for i in 0..keys.len() - 1 {
        let cnt = *cnts.get(&keys[i]).unwrap();
        *cnts.get_mut(&keys[i + 1]).unwrap() += cnt;
    }

    for (x, y) in xy {
        let (_, &cntr) = cnts.range(..a[x]).last().unwrap_or((&0, &0));
        let cntl = cnts[&a[y]];
        let ans = (cntr - cntl).max(0);
        println!("{}", ans);
    }
}

use input::*;
mod input {
    #[macro_export]
    macro_rules! input {
        (source = $s:expr, $($r:tt)*) => {
            let mut iter = $s.split_whitespace();
            input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
        };
        ($($r:tt)*) => {
            let s = {
                use std::io::Read;
                let mut s = String::new();
                std::io::stdin().read_to_string(&mut s).unwrap();
                s
            };
            let mut iter = s.split_whitespace();
            input_inner!{iter, $($r)*}
        };
    }

    #[macro_export]
    macro_rules! input_inner {
        ($iter:expr) => {};
        ($iter:expr, ) => {};

        ($iter:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
            let $var = read_value!($iter, $t);
            input_inner!{$iter $($r)*}
        };
    }

    #[macro_export]
    macro_rules! read_value {
        ($iter:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
            ( $(read_value!($iter, $t)),* )
        };

        ($iter:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
            (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($iter, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
        };

        ($iter:expr, chars) => {
            read_value!($iter, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
        };

        ($iter:expr, usize1) => {
            read_value!($iter, usize) - 1
        };

        ($iter:expr, $t:ty) => {
            $iter.next().unwrap().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
        };
    }
}