Mockito mock objects returns null

My problem here was the incorrect import for Test anotation:

Was

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

Correct

import org.junit.Test;

It really depends on GeneralConfigService#getInstance() implementation. Also you can simplify your test code a lot if you use @InjectMocks annotation.

When using MockitoJUnitRunner you don't need to initialize mocks and inject your dependencies manually:

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class GeneralConfigServiceImplTest  {

    @InjectMocks
    private GeneralConfigService generalConfigService;

    @Mock
    private GeneralConfigDAO generalConfigDAO;

    @Test
    public void testAddGeneralConfigCallDAOSuccess() {
       // generalConfigService is already instantiated and populated with dependencies here
       ...
    }
}