<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Mr</option>
<option value="2">Mrs</option>
<option value="3">Ms</option>
<option value="4">Dr</option>
<option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>
<script>
$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();
</script>BY LOVE
$('#ddlName option:selected').val();$("select.your-select").change(function(){
$(this).children("option:selected").val();
});$( "#myselect option:selected" ).val();$("select.country").change(function(){
var selectedCountry = $(this).children("option:selected").val();
alert("You have selected the country - " + selectedCountry);
});<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownListId" runat="server" CssClass="DropDownListClass"></asp:DropDownList>
var value1 = $("[id*=DropDownListId]").val();
var value2 = $(".DropDownListClass").val();