Component markup
<aura:attribute name="selectedValue" type="String" default=""/>
<aura:attribute name="upOptions" type="List"/>
<lightning:select label="Select an Action:" name="compName" aura:id="compId" value="{!v.selectedValue}" onchange="{! c.onChangeHandler }" >
<aura:iteration items="{!v.upOptions}" var="option">
<option text="{!option.label}" value="{!option.value}"/>
</aura:iteration>
</lightning:select>
Controller/Helper Java script
var upOptions = [{ label: ‘Please Select’, value:” }];
upOptions.push({ label: ‘Account Upload’, value:’Account Upload’ });
cmp.set(“v.uploadOptions”, uploadOptions);