JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<select>
    <option>1</option>
    <option>2</option>
    <option>3</option>
    <option>4</option>
    <option>5</option>
</select>
<a class="link" href="#">link</a>

JavaScript

$('.link').click(function() {
    $('select>option:eq(3)').attr('selected', true);
});