dropdown list in mvc

//this is Static Dropdown Menu in MVC 3 Or 4 And also get selected value in Model

//Static DropDown For Prifix
    List<SelectListItem> list = new List<SelectListItem>();
    list.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Mr.", Value = "1" });
    list.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Mrs.", Value = "2" });
    list.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Miss.", Value = "3" });
    list.Add(new SelectListItem { Text = "Dr.", Value = "4" });

<div>@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.Gender, gender)</div>

Follow the below steps for populating drop down in mvc razor

Step I:
Make a class in model like

public class student
{
public int id {get;set;}
public string Name {get;set;}

}

public class studentModel
{
public string SelectedStudent {get;set;}
public List<student> StudentList= new List<student> 
{
new student {id=1,Name="Antariksh"},
new student {id=2,Name="Anurag"},
new student {id=3,Name="Anu"},

};
}

Step II:
In your controller code is like that:

[HttpGet]
public ActionResult Index()
{
StudentModel model= new StudentModel();
return view(model);
}

Step III:

In your view

@model projectName.models.StudentModel
@Html.DropDownListFor(x=>x.SelectedStudent,new SelectList(Model.StudentList, "id", "Name"), "--Please Select--")

I hope this will help you
Cheers!! :)