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A slope failure is a common occurrence that a slope collapses instantaneously due to weakened the self-retainability of the earth under the influence of various factors such as rainfall, earthquake, geological features, construction activities, external loading rapid drawdown erosion, etc. Generally, four types of failures are Translational, Rotational, Wedge, and rotational failure. This study is to examine and create a wedge failure slope by introducing a shear zone in the slope in clay soil. When the slope is prepared manually in clay with optimum moisture content and proper compaction, the clay itself gives enough stability for the slope. However, in the case of field conditions, the slope will have different strata and not have homogenous soil conditions. To make the manually prepared slope with field condition, a layer of filler material added as a predefined failure plane or shear zone in the slope. The index and engineering properties soil is studied, and three samples such as wood chips sawdust and thermocol balls used to make the shear zone. The interaction study conducted in clay soil with each sample separately using the direct shear test. From the test result, Sawdust with cohesion C � 1.37, which gives the least value among the taken samples. Hence, it has chosen to use it in the slope to make it a failure by getting the lowest shear stress and friction between soil and filler material.