title: Setting the first value as default in dropdown list
body: <p>Jquery to create new row :    </p>
  
  <pre><code>var selectVal = $(parent).children().first().find('select').find('option[selectedGivenTo="true"]').val();
      var newSelect = $(parent).children().last().find('select');
      newSelect.each(function() {
          var cloned  = null;
          cloned = $(this).clone();
          cloned.val(selectVal);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to select the first value of dropdownlist as default value using jQuery as above but no value is selected &amp; just displaying list in dropdown.I saw many references in stackoverflow but its not working for me.</p>