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HTML

<label>Select country</label>  
    <select name="country">
        <option value="IND" selected="selected">India</option>
        <option value="MY">Malaysia</option>
        <option value="US">United states</option>
    </select>
</label>

JavaScript

alert($('select[name="country"]').val());
$('select[name="country"]').change(function(){    
    alert($(this).val());    
});