How to get addEventListener to work with a select tag

Answer 1

Use change event as select event is invoked when some text is selected in an element.

var a = document.getElementById('country');
a.addEventListener('change', function() {
  alert(this.value);
}, false);

<select id="country">
  <option value=""></option>
  <option value="india">India</option>
  <option value="Austrelia">Austrelia</option>
  <option value="turkey">Turkey</option>
</select>