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Question
Find out from your elders about some of the things made from bronze that were, or are still used in your house. From its colour try to identify which one of them is made from copper, which is from brass, and which is from bronze.
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Solution
I could find the following items:
Copper items: Lota, tumbler
Brass: Lota, puja thali
Bronze: Statue of Nataraja
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