An instance method cannot directly access the instance variable
Wrong.
while a static variable can be directly accessed since one copy is used throughout the class.
Correct.
(Each object will share this static variable as well as the static methods in the class.
Correct.
An instance variable is only available to each object and each object has its own copy of this instance variable.)
Correct.
A static method cannot access instance members of the class.
Correct.
A static method can however access members of the static variable.
Correct, if it has members, and they are accessible.
The compiler would have told you all this with 100% reliablity.