How to bind static data to @HTML Dropdownlist in MVC

 @Html.DropDownList("Rejected Reasons", new List<SelectListItem>
                        {
                            new SelectListItem{Text="Rejected Reason1", Value = "1"},
                            new SelectListItem{Text="Rejected Reason2", Value = "2"},
                            new SelectListItem{Text="Rejected Reason3", Value = "3"}
                        },"Select Rejected Reason" )