<select id="cat">
<option val="Laptops">Laptops</option>
<option val="Phones">Phones</option>
<option val="Tablets">Tablets</option>
<option val="PC">PC</option>
</select>
<select id="item"></select>
<input id='price' type='text' readonly/>

Laptops=new Array("HP","Dell","Apple","Lenovo");
Phones=new Array('Samsung','Nokia','iPhone');
Tablets=new Array('Apple','Lenovo','Asus','Acer','HP');
PC=new Array('IBM','Macintosh','Dell');

populateSelect();

$(function() {

  $('#cat').change(function(){
    populateSelect();
  });
});

function populateSelect(){
cat=$('#cat').val();
$('#item').html('');
  eval(cat).forEach(function(t) {
        $('#item').append('<option>'+t+'</option>');
    });
}