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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>DOM</title>
  </head>
  <body>
      <div class="content">

      </div>
  </body>
</html>

JavaScript

$(function() {
  var myselect = $('<select/>', { id: 'myselect'});
  var items = ["Google","Yandex","Bing"];
  $.each(items,function() {
    $('<option/>', {
      val:  this,
      text: this
    }).appendTo(myselect);
  });
  myselect.val('Yandex');
  $('.content').append(myselect);
});