Thirty children are standing in a row facing North. If in this row Neelam is seventeenth from the left then what is the position of Neelam from the right?

The correct answer is 14.

To find Neelam's position from the right side of the row, we can use the standard ranking formula that relates the total number of people in a row to an individual's position from both ends:
$$\text{Total number of children}=\text{Position from the Left}+\text{Position from the Right}-1$$
We subtract 1 because Neelam is counted twice (once when counting from the left, and once when counting from the right).

From the given problem, we have the following values:
Total number of children = 30
Neelam's position from the left = 17

Substituting these values into our formula:
$$30=17+\text{Position from the Right}-1$$
Simplifying the right side of the equation:
$$30=16+\text{Position from the Right}$$
Now, solving for the position from the right:
$$\text{Position from the Right}=30-16$$
$$\text{Position from the Right}=14$$
Therefore, Neelam's position from the right is 14th.