You are not using a DOM element in your selector. Your $ ('el: checked') selector means you are looking for a valid el tag.
Edit
var clicked=$('el:checked');
For
var isChecked= el.is(':checked');
Your code changes accordingly
function checkResult(el) { var clicked= $(el); var clickedvalue=clicked.val(); alert(clickedvalue); $this=$(el).parent("div.QA"); $this.slideUp(); var isChecked= el.is(':checked'); }
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