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HTML

<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
    <li class="active"><a href="#">Category<span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Sub Category</a></li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$('ul.nav li').click(function(){   
    $(this).addClass('active');
     $(this).siblings().removeClass('active');
});