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HTML

<select id="selId">
     <option id='1' value='1'>1</option>
     <option id='2' value='2'>2</option>
     <option id='3' value='3'>3</option>
     <option id='4' value='4'>4</option>
     <option id='5' value='5'>5</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$("select#selId").find("option#2").attr("selected", true);