#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
int a[1000005],n,q;
int stk[1000005],tail,c[1000005],Ans[1000005],ql[1000005];
vector<int>vec[1000050];
void add(int p,int o){
	for(int i=p;i<=n;i+=(i&-i))c[i]+=o;
}
int qry(int p){
	int ans=0;
	for(int i=p;i;i&=(i-1))ans+=c[i];
	return ans;
}
int main(){
	scanf("%d%d",&n,&q);
	for(int i=1;i<=n;++i)scanf("%d",&a[i]);
	for(int i=1;i<=q;++i){
		int x;scanf("%d%d",&ql[i],&x);
		vec[x].push_back(i);
	}
	for(int i=1;i<=n;++i){
		while(tail&&a[stk[tail]]>=a[i])--tail;
		add(stk[tail]+1,1),add(i+1,-1),stk[++tail]=i;
		for(auto v:vec[i])Ans[v]=i-ql[v]+1-qry(ql[v]);
	}
	for(int i=1;i<=q;++i)printf("%d\n",Ans[i]);
	return 0;
}