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HTML

<select id="testSelect">
                <option value="value1">text1</option>
                <option value="value2">text2</option>
                <option value="value3">text3</option>
</select>

JavaScript

var eventRaised = false;
$("#testSelect").bind("propertychange", function () { eventRaised = true;});
document.getElementById("testSelect").selectedIndex = 2;
alert(eventRaised);