$L, M, N$ and $P$ are sitting around a circle and facing the centre. $P$ is to the immediate left of $N$. $L$ is between $N$ and $M$. What is the position of $M$?

Sangeeta remembers that her father's birthday was certainly after $8^{th}$ but before $13^{th}$ of December. Her sister Natasha remembers that their father's birthday was definitely after $9^{th}$ but before $14^{th}$ of December. On which date of December was their father's birthday?

In a class of $40$ students,Samir's rank from the top is $12^{th}$. Alok is $8$ ranks below Samir. What is Alok's rank from the bottom?

In the sequence $7, 8, 9, 7, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 8, 9, 7, 2, 4, 5, 9, 2, 9, 7, 6, 4, 7$,how many $7$'s are preceded by $9$ and followed by $6$?

In the following series of numbers,how many times have the figures $9, 1,$ and $8$ appeared together,with $1$ being in the middle and $9$ and $8$ being on either side of $1$ (i.e.,the sequence $9, 1, 8$ or $8, 1, 9$)?
$2, 1, 9, 8, 1, 9, 8, 3, 7, 1, 9, 7, 8, 1, 2, 9, 1, 9, 8, 1, 8, 2, 1, 2$

Count each $7$ which is not immediately preceded by $5$ but is immediately followed by either $2$ or $3.$ How many such $7's$ are there?
$5, 7, 2, 6, 5, 7, 3, 8, 3, 7, 3, 2, 5, 7, 2, 7, 3, 4, 8, 2, 6, 7, 8$