Asp.net MVC how to populate dropdown list with numbers

You can use something like the following:

@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.NumberOfTickets, Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(i => new SelectListItem { Text = i.ToString(), Value = i.ToString() }))

All this does is create an enumerable of integers between 1 and 10 and then uses a bit of LINQ to transform it into an IEnumerable<SelectListItem> that Html.DropDownListFor can accept.

Years list from current year to n years back.

int startYear = 1980
@Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.DateofEstablishment, Enumerable.Range(0, (DateTime.Now.Year - startYear -1)).Select(i => new SelectListItem { Text = (DateTime.Now.Year - i).ToString(), Value = i.ToString() }), "Please select year", new { @class = "form-control", @required = "required" })